Charles I - Royal Council + Councillor Government 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryThe Emergence of the Great Power in SpainSpain 1492 - 1556A2/A-levelAQA Created by: HollyCreated on: 31-05-16 14:58 Who did Charles follow? Ferdinand and Isabella (grandparents) on their success of ruling through councils 1 of 16 Who was Charles' chief minister? Gattinara 2 of 16 How many councils did Charles create? 2 = Advisory + Territorial 3 of 16 What did Advisory council contained? Council of War (1522), Council of Finance (1523), Council of State (1526) 4 of 16 What did the Territorial council contained? Council of Castile (1480, reformed in 1520), Council of Indies (1526), Council of Aragon (1494) 5 of 16 What was bad about the advisory council? had no fixed base, no confirmed capital, travelled around Europe + sometimes followed Charles to HRE = over time they became centered in Valladolid 6 of 16 Why were councils useful? kept Charles informed about the opinions of the people + checking the power of the nobility 7 of 16 Who did Charles rely on? His secretaries, who were professionally trained, competent + efficient 8 of 16 What were the councils? the "power behind the throne" 9 of 16 Council of Finance There were concerns, had no authority to prevent Charles spending large amounts of money on foreign wars + sometimes on his own personal requirements 10 of 16 Secretaries dealt with correspondence, issued decrees in government without consulting the councils 11 of 16 Who were Secretaries Gattimara and Les Cobos 12 of 16 Corruption in secretaries e.g. Les Cobos cames from a poor family, annual income of 60,000 ducats, when he retired income was similar to some of the nobility 13 of 16 How was Les Cobos important? for his actions to try to streamline the system by creating an archive (record) of the work of councils for future reference 14 of 16 Were was the record stored? Segovia, Medina del Campo, Valladolid 15 of 16 All this bureaucracy often hindered rather than helped development of these new territories, and the sheer distance between them and Spain also meant long delays 16 of 16
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