1. The catholic Monarchs, example of
Authoritarian Monarchie
They appointed corregidores , civil servants
to establish royal authority in towns
They created La Santa
They reorganized justice and improved Hermandad , a judicial police
La Chancilleria , the highest judicial court force to fight against bandits and
the abuses of the nobility
Catholic
Monarchs
They improved La hacienda Real and
They also created a permanent and
took privileges away from the nobles
professional army which became one
the best in Europe

2. Territorial expansion
Kingdom of
Granada in 1492
Kingdom of Navarre
in 1512
Kingdom of Naples to
the Crown of Aragon
in 1504
Cities of Melilla,
Ceuta, Oran and the
Canary Island

3. Black History of Spain began , Religious unity
but not only here.
In 1478 with the Pope´s
permission they founded
the Tribunal of the Saint
Inquisition to persecute
heretics. The tribunal
was known by its
severe punishments
The next terrible
decision was the
expulsion of the
Jews in 1492.
around 80.000
people left the In 1512 a similar
country. The decree established
converses were the conversion or
persecuted by the expulsion of the
Inquisition. Other Mudejares or Spanish
decree decided Muslims . Muslims
the expulsion of
who converted to
the gypsies , but it
wasn´t put into Christianity were
effect. called Moriscos
Purity of blood in the Spanish
people or old Christians

4. The Sephardim
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in your computer
Who are the “sefardies or
sefarditas”?
Where do they live?
Could you write six features of them?