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Isabella of castile and ferdinand of aragon |
Rulers who launched Spain's rise as a major European power in control of vast overseas empire |
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Granada |
Last Muslim state on the Iberian peninsula, conquered by ferdinand and isabella in 1492 |
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New Christians/conversos |
Jews whom the state forced to convert to Christianity or face persecution and expulsion from Spanish territory |
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Spanish inquisition |
Church court originally established to try new Christians suspected of observing there old Jewish practices in secret |
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Moriscos |
Muslims in Spain who were forced to convert to Christianity or leave |
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Habsburgs |
Dynastic family originating in Austria that provided many rulers there, and also in the netherlands, spain, and the Holy roman empire |
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Charles V |
Heirs of ferdinand and Isabella in spain and of the holy roman emperor maximilian; the most powerful European ruler during the first half of the 16th century |
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Mercenary armies |
Skilled professional armies under the command of generals who sold their services to european rulers |
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Cortes |
In castile, a representative assembly of isabella's subjects that advised the queen and negotiated over taxes |
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New world |
Term that Europeans used to refer to the americas |
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Crown lands |
Lands owned by a ruler as his or her family estate |
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Annuities |
Long term loans to European states guaranteeing an annual interest payment to the lender |
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Protestantism |
Belief and practices of christians who broke with the romantic church in the 16th century |
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Taille |
French royal tax first levied during the hundred years' war |
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Francis l |
King of France who centralized royal rule, created at his court a vibrant renaissance culture, and unsuccessfully fought Charles V for control of Italy |