1. Los Nombres del Fuego Author: Fernando J.López
Publisher: Loqueleo Santillana
ISBN
Literary Circle in early June
Do a summary (long) to help you remember for the literary circle
Take notes of aspects that you:
Want to discuss
Called your attention
Prepare questions for your classmates

2. TESTS 1st Test: 24th April (3A-D) 25th April (3B-C) 2nd Test:
28th May (3B-C)
29th May (3A-D)
RETAKE:
4th June (3B-C)
5th June (3A-D)

3. UNIT 11: The Spanish Empire
Y3 GEOGRAPHY Session 1
UNIT 11: The Spanish Empire
Learning objectives:
1 To find out about the Spanish army in the 16th cent
Starter: reading, work with the image and how do we know about the tercios, p.195

4. Henry VIII John II Catholic Monarchs Francis I Ivan the Terrible Carlos V

5. The emergence of the Modern State, p.196
15th-16th cent: authoritarian monarchies in
Europe
Features:
Centralised administration: civil servants
to serve the monarchs
Permanent royal armies (e.g. tercios)
Representative assemblies limited by monarchs (e.g. Estates-General, Cortes, Parliament,..)
Fixed court (creation of capital towns; e.g. Madrid=capital of the Hispanic Monarchy under Felipe II; later capital of Spain)
Diplomatic service created to represent the country abroad
Increase of taxes (to pay all the former) ↑
States joined together through conquest or marriages

6. UNIT 11: The Spanish Empire
Y3 GEOGRAPHY Session 2
UNIT 11: The Spanish Empire
Learning objectives:
1 To find out about the authoritarian monarchies in Spain
Starter: work with the map, p.197

7. European authoritarian monarchies, p.196
France: Francis I unified the country and consolidated power.
Spain: the Catholic Monarchs, then Carlos V unified and extended the country.
Portugal: John II reinforced his authority and led overseas expeditions.
England: Henry VIII reinforced the kingdom and broke with the Catholic church.
Russia: Ivan the Terrible unified the country, reinforced it and took the title of czar.
HW: what is weird about Hans Holbein painting? What feature of the authoritarian monarchies does it show?

8. anamorphosis

9. The Spanish empire: the inheritance of Carlos V, p.200
Carlos V inherited in 1516:
Maternal grandparents: Aragón, Castilla,
the possessions overseas and the crown of
king of Spain: Carlos I
Paternal grandparents: territories in Central Europe, the title of Holy Roman Emperor: Carlos V
See Carlos V’s family tree

10. Resistance to Carlos V Revolt of the Comuneros (1520-21) Castilla
Nobles, bourgeoisie, peasants
/increased taxes (for wars)
/foreign nobles in government
Absence of the king
Early successes, then repression
Find the name of leaders and how they ended

11. Resistance to Carlos V Revolt of the Brotherhoods (Germanías, 1519-23)
Valencia, Mallorca
Artisans / nobility
Peasants/
/increased taxes
Social inequalities, corruption
Carlos V supported the nobles
Repression of rebels

12. Resistance to Carlos V Carlos V - reforms in the country:
Royal family living in Castilla
Castilian nobles in official and military positions
Abdication in 1556
Learn more…
Martínez de Lezea, La Comunera. María Pacheco, una mujer rebelde.
Monasterio de Yuste (Cáceres) + German cemetery

13. The Hispanic Monarchy of Felipe II
Inheritance of Carlos V:
Ferdinand (brother): Austrian territories,
title of emperor
Felipe II (son): largest empire ever
Capital: Madrid
Inquisition /
Reformation
supporters
Moriscos (after an
uprising in Granada)
Financial problems

14. Spanish inner policy: the organization of the empire, p.202
Territorial Councils:
Castilla, Aragón, Flanders, Indies, Port, It
Cortes: representative assembly, passing laws
Felipe II: main ruler, Foreign policy
Army
taxes
Economic Council: Exchequer
State Council: imp decisions over the whole empire
Viceroy: representative of the king abroad
Courts of Justice:
Chancillerías, Audiencias, Chief Justice (in different territories)

15. (merchants, artisans, craftsmen, peasants, servants)
Spanish Society
Emperor
High: dukes, counts, barons (landowners, had positions in gov)
Low: hidalgos (Little money,
few possessions)
Nobility
Clergy
High: cardinals, bishops
Low: friars, monks, priests
Common people
(merchants, artisans, craftsmen, peasants, servants)
Paid taxes
Think about it, p.202

16. Crafstmanship (iron, steel, woollen cloth)
Economyp.203
Intensive agric, livestock farming. Crop rotation, transhumance (to export)
Trade (precious metals from America, importance of ports (North, South)
Price revolution: high taxes, inflation, metals from America-money in circulation-increase of prices
Crafstmanship (iron, steel, woollen cloth)
Loans and bankruptcies: wealth of Castilla to pay wars abroad (loans requested)
Activs. graph #3-4

17. Spanish foreign policy, p. 204 1
Spanish foreign policy, p Objectives: Conservation of all territories 2.Consolidation of Spanish role in Europe 3.Defence of the Catholic faith
Rivalry with France (main rival in Europe, 2 victories):
Fr occupied Milan
↑ tercios
Carlos V ↓
Battle of Pavía (1525)*: the Duchy of Milan became part of the Spanish Monarchy
Battle of Saint Quentin* (1557) confirmed Spanish superiority
The Turks
Permanent threat in the Medit.
Attempts to invade Europe failed
They expanded to Tunisia and Cyprus ↑
Spain, Venice and the Pope defeated them at the Battle of Lepanto* (1571)

18. Spanish foreign policy, p.205
Defence of Catholicism
/Protestants in the empire
German princes supported the Reformation ↓
Victory of Carlos V in Mülhberg (1547)
↓but
Regions could choose religion after the Peace of Augsburg (1555)
Conflicts in north-west Europe
Calvinism in Low Countries ↑
Anti-Protestant policy from Felipe II ↓
Dutch Revolt (1568, not successful, independence in 1648))
Spanish Armada (1588)
Read Did you know text
Activs. #2

19. Before the Spanish Armada activ.
Model a short comparison of sources and notetaking about it.

20. Revision for test, p.208
Activs.# 1-2, 5, 8-9, 11