Spanish Key Terms Flashcards
Reconquista
Reconquest. Christians reconquering the peninsula
Convivencia
Differing religious groups living together peacefully (toleration) .
Conversos
Jews who have converted to Christianity (new Christians)
Cortes
Assembly of town representatives, a form of parliament but not in a modern sense as it could not make laws.
Sentencia de Guadalupe
An agreement made by Ferdinand that allowed peasants to leave their land, sell it or grant it away without the consent of the lord.
Mendozas and Velascos
Noble families
Fueros
Laws and rights in Aragon. The monarch took an oath to keep these laws intact.
Justicia
A legal official or person whose main responsibility was to make sure that the fueros or privileges were protected. (Aragon)
Mesta
A consortium of all wool traders in the region.
Pragmatica
Decree (royal decision)
Corregidores
Royal officials. They were people appointed by the crown to work in towns.
Consejo Real
The Royal Council
Letrados
Lawyers. (Graduates in law who had spent at least 10 years in practise)
Audiencias
Professional courts of appeal
Hermandad
Often called the Santa Hermandad (brotherhood). They acted as a rural police force to make sure that there was no criminal activity (brigandage). All various Hermandad would meet together in a Santa Hermandad.
Juros
Loans
Moriscos (Castile) and Mudéjars (Aragon)
Practitioner of Islamic faith
Cruzada
Tax introduced by the church to fund the conquest of Granada
Alcaldes
Unpaid officials that staffed the tribunals ran by the Hermandad. They were similar to magistrates.
Familiares
Lay people (not priests) who worked for the Inquisition.
Autos-da-fé
Meaning “act of faith” and was the burning of a heretic after sentence was given by the Inquisition.
Hermandad de las marismas
They protected shipping and trade
Cartas Accordas
Instructions from the Suprema
Instrucciones Antiguas
The rules of the Inquisition
Apartamiento
A policy were Jews lived separately from other communities in some towns
Alcabala
Sales tax
Encabezamiento
A lump sum of the alcabala which cities paid to the crown.
Mercedes
Royal grants (often collected by nobles although they were not entitled to them).
Inter Caetera
Papal bull (1493) which have Spain the rights to territory in South America.
Consultado
A trading organisation which carries out and regulated the wool trade.
Servicios
Small amount, often provided by the Cortes.
Caballeros
Gentlemen, equivalent to an English knight. Ferdinand and Isabella had a policy to use them in local government.
