10.2 Revival Of Monarchy

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10.2 Revival of Monarchy
Monarchs are getting more and more power.
France
Charles VII created an army under his own control. Prosperous Burgundy wanted by Louis XI. After Charles death in 1477 southern Burgundy goes to France. Louis XI efforts making a strong monarchy succeed.
England
Constitutional monarchy. Change of dynasty. 1477 struggle for the throne between Lancaster (red rose) vs. York (white rose). York with leader Edwards overthrows the Lancaster dynasty. Edward VI dies in 1483. His brother proclaims himself a king- Richard III. Henry Tudor, a Lancaster defeats Richard in the battle of Bosworth Field, becoming a king Henry VII and founding the Tudor dynasty, which ruled until 1603. Marrying Elizabeth (York) he united the country. Monarchy became stronger but still was very limited by Parliament.
Spain
1400- Spain emerged as a power. 1000-1200 Christian kingdoms of northern Spain got almost all country back from Moors (Reconquista). Three Christians kingdoms emerged- Portugal, Castile and Aragon which later on united. The last Muslim spot left was principality of Granada. Religious preferences to Christians gave a better land and right to govern kingdoms to the Christians. Monarchy is limited by nobles, religious leaders, cortes. Fueros- a special royal charter. 1469 Prince Ferdinand of Aragon married Issabela of Castile. Sending officials known as corregidores they strengthened the power of monarchs. 1492 their army gets Granada. Same year the Jews are ordered to turn to Christianity or move out of Spain, same happens to Moors 10 years later. To force law in life the Inquisition is created. It does it’s job strengthening the monarchy, but it also causes all good brains move out of Spain and isolates Spain from the rest of Europe.
Holy Roman Empire
Extremely weak monarchy ruled by a king elected by German diets. Weak kings didn’t include Charles IV in early 1300’s, who in 1356 further limited the power of monarch by decreasing the number of diets to seven. Hapsburgs gained the control over the throne in early 1400’s. Maximilian I was one of the m...

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