2. 1. THE 16 TH CENTURY ( 1500 - 1599 ) WAS VERY
GOOD FOR SPAIN, THANKS TO:
- CARLOS I
- FELIPE II
2. HOWEVER, SPAIN STARTED TO DECLINE IN
17TH CENTURY ( 1600 – 1699 ) BECAUSE…
CARLOS I FELIPE II
3. THESE REASONS :
A. THE THIRTY YEARS WAR. IT LASTED FROM 1618 TO
1648. MANY PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF THE BATTLES,
FAMMINE AND DISEASES.
B. SPAIN LOST A LOT OF TERRITORIES IN EUROPE,
INCLUDING, PORTUGAL.
4. OTHER REASONS:
C. THE KINGS SPENT A LOT OF GOLD AND SILVER IN
WARS AND BATTLES, SO PEOPLE BECAME POORER.
D. THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH PIRATES ATTACKED THE
SHIPS FULL OF GOLD AND SILVER FROM AMERICA
THAT DIDN´T REACH TO SPAIN.
6. SOME OF THE KINGS THAT WE CAN FIND IN THE 17 TH
CENTURY ARE :
-FELIPE III
-FELIPE IV
-CARLOS II
CONDE DUQUE DE
OLIVARES
DUQUE DE
LERMA
DUQUE DE
MEDINACELLI
7. FACTS OF THE KINGS
• THESE KINGS WERE NOT INTERESTED IN RULING
THE COUNTRY, SO THEY HAD VALIDOS. VALIDOS
WERE MINISTERS THAT RULED THE INSTEAD OF
THE KING.
8. KING’S VALIDOS
• FELIPE III : HIS VALIDO WAS DUQUE DE LERMA
• FELIPE IV: HIS VALIDO WAS CONDE DUQUE DE
OLIVARES. HE APPEARED IN “LAS MENINAS”
• CARLOS II: HIS VALIDO WAS DUQUE DE
MEDINACELLI. HE WAS CALLED THE
“BEWITCHED”
