New Monarchs 1500s Flashcards
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Wars of the Roses 1485
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England
Civil war between Houses of Lancaster and York.
Lancaster wins
Henry Tudor (VII) takes power
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Strategies used for centralizing pwr in 1500s
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Post-Renaissance Centralization through: -Taxation. -Taming aristocracy: alliance with middle class (Nobles of the Robe). -Codify laws, creation of courts. -Controlling warfare -Religious control
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Henry VIII 1510-50
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- Tamed nobles, reduced their #.
- Ended their private armies.
- Star Chamber: royal court system.
- Built Eng’s first Navy
- Controlled Catholic Church
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Louis XI 1460-80
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- Added new territory via strategic marriages and taking part of Burgundy.
- Foundation for taxes
- Largest Army
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Francis I (1520-50)
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French King
- controlled clergy (Concordat of Bologna)
- claimed Italian land
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Ivan III The Great
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- drove out Mongols
- created Streltsy: military service class
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Ivan IV Terrible
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Hated boyars (nobles)
Expanded territory
Civil war
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Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon 1480- 1520
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- Alliance with towns (hermandades)
- Spain created with reconquista.
- Religious orthodoxy: Spanish Inquisition 1478
- Jewish expulsion 1492
- Age of exploration
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Charles I (V of HRE)
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Most powerful monarch of 1500s
Heavy taxes
Crusades
