AP European History / Unit 1: Renaissance and Exploration
1.5 New Monarchies
Notes
Rulers centralized power by raising taxes, building armies and controlling nobles and the church: Henry VII (England), Louis XI (France), Ferdinand and Isabella (Spain, the Reconquista ended in 1492; the Spanish Inquisition).
Practice
Ferdinand and Isabella completed the Reconquista in:
Granada.
New monarchs strengthened power by:
Centralization.
The Spanish Inquisition aimed to:
Religious control.
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