New Monarchies Flashcards
Isabella (of castille) and Ferdinand (of aragon)
they joined and eventually made the church, catholic, part of their religous powers
The Spanish Inquisition (Pogrom)
Isabella and Ferdinand were expelling, torturing, or killing anyone who stayed and wasnt a Christian so that they could have full Church power
Charles V
Sacked Rome and became HRE
The Tudor Dynasty
after the war of roses, Henry Tudor (the seventh) became the king and significantly improved the state of England, especially after the hundred year war
Renaissance law and order
wanted by the middle class, stability
monarchies and heredity
started to claim that heredity was the true form of power; heir and a spare (nobles lose power since it goes to the king)
Louis (the spider)
was called the spider because he had a habit of making alliances w everybody
The five city-states of Italy
Florence, Milan, Venice, Papal States, and Naples
Secularism
the separation between church and state
Habsburgs
very powerful family; HRE, Austria, etc; still rules places to this day (lots of incest?)
Bank of Amsterdam
Amsterdam center of trade and banking, this bank very powerful
The Medici family
powerful family in Florence; owned very important bank, Medici bank; many nobility and countries borrowed from the bank so it was almost like they ruled
