When did Isabella of Castile marry Ferdinand of Aragon?
January 7th 1479
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When did Isabella gain the right to Castile?
1479 with the Castilian War of Sucession
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What treaty gave Isabella Castile?
The Treaty of Alcacovas-Toledo, which gave her either the Canary Islands or Castile
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What were King Joao and Isabella's niece Juana given instead?
The island chains of Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde
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When did Ferdinand succeed his father?
1479
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Where were the marriage articles signed and sworn by Ferdinand
Cavera
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What relation were Ferdinand and Isabella to each other and who allowed the marriage?
They were formally cousins and the Pope allowed the marriage
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What was the population of Castile compared to that of Aragon?
Castile had 4-5 million whereas Aragon had around 1 million people
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Why wasn't this a marriage of two equals?
Castile was more developed culturally and had a near unlimited amount of wool to export
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When were Ferdinand and Isabella named protectors of the Faith?
1492
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Why were Ferdinand and Isabella named protectors of the faith?
They finished the Reconquista in 1492 with the recapture of Granada
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When did Isabella form the Spanish tribunal and who was it blessed by?
1478, and it was blessed by Pope Sixtus IV
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What did the Spanish Tribunal become known as?
The Spanish Inquisition
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What purpose did the Spanish Tribunal serve?
It served a dual purpose, one to root out heresy, two to serve as a secret police
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Why was the Spanish Inquisition infamous?
it was none for its brutal torturing
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What were people who were imprisoned encouraged to do?
They were encouraged to confess their heresy
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Where did confiscated goods from the Inquisition go?
To the Spanish treasury
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When were the Jews expelled from Castile?
in 1492 after the Reconquista
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What were Jews who converted to Christianity called?
Conversos
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What were Converso Jews commonly accused of?
Continuing Jewish traditions whilst ignoring the Catholic ones they converted to
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Who informed Isabella of the heresy in the Andalusion region?
Alfonso de Hojeda, who was a Dominican prior in the Adalusion region
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Why did Pope Sixtus IV appoint to inquisitors to the Spanish Inquisition?
To secure Spanish Catholic rule in the Iberian Peninsula
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What was Castile notorious for under Henry IV's reign?
Crime
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When and what was Isabella's first reform relating to crime?
1476 and it created a form of police force out of volunteers who were paid by tax. This also took the regulation of crime away from the nobles and straight to the crown
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What did Henry IV leave Isabella?
Castile was in massive debt
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Why was Castile in debt after Henry IV's reign?
Many royal estates were sold well below their actual value and inflation was caused by the minting of new coins
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How did Isabella aim to resolve royal estates being sold well under their value?
She bought back the estates at the price they were sold at and then sold them back at the price of their actual value. Those that were gifts were taken without compensation however
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What groups were exempt from Isabella reclaiming royal estates?
Those given to hospitals, the church or the poor
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How many mints were built in Henry IV's reign?
The mints rose from 5 to 150
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How did Isabella fight the inflation caused by mints?
She established a monopoly on the mints and shut down many to combat inflation; thus restoring the public's faith in the crown handling finances
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When did Isabella of Castile marry Ferdinand of Aragon?
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January 7th 1479
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When did Isabella gain the right to Castile?
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What treaty gave Isabella Castile?
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What were King Joao and Isabella's niece Juana given instead?
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