Spanish History definitions Flashcards
Albaicín
Key district in Granada
Alcabala
10% sales tax levied in Castile
Alumbrados
Otherwise known as the illuminists
They were mystics who downplayed the external manifestations of religion (including Church ceremonies) who attracted the attention of the Inquisition
Arquebuses
Type of firearm
Audiencias
High courts, in the new world they became apart of the government
Auto da fé
Means act of faith. Popularly used to refer to the act of burning those found guilty of heresy in the inquisition
Barbary States
North African states, e.g. Algiers, which professed the Islamic faith and collaborated with the Ottoman empire. They were also the place in which corsairs resided
Corsairs
Muslim Pirates e.g. Barbarossa
Bureaucracy
system of administration
Caballero
A knight belonging to the lower nobility
Canon Law
The Catholic Church’s laws used to govern the church and its members
Church’s index of forbidden books
represents the Church’s list of censored books, works that were considered to contain heretical ideas
Comunidades
refers to the communities and towns in castille which played a prominent role in the Comuneros revolt. They united a revolt under a rebel government (the Santa Junta de Comunidad)
Conquistadores
Explorers, entrepreneurs and soldiers who sought to conquer territory in the New World, such as Hernán Cortes and Francisco Pizarro
Consulta
Reports summarising the discussions of Council meetings, which would be relayed to the monarch
Conversos
New Christians, especially Jewish converts to Christianity
Corregidor
royal officials in Castilian towns
Defenestrate
Throwing an individual out of a window with a view of harming or killing them
Despatches
Documents or correspondence between representatives from different territories, especially those composed by ambassadors
Diputación de Reyno
The permanent committee of the Aragonses Cortes which oversaw the administration of revenues and promoted the provinces liberties.
Ducats
Unit of currency in Castille however accounting was mainly processed in maravedis (1 ducat = 375 maravedis)