The growing use of Spanish as a literary language early in the 16th century paved the way for Spain’s “golden age” of literature. By the end of the century it had ceased to be a great power. However the rebels were defeated at Vaillalar in April 1521.Yet abroad Spain went from strength to strength.
The kingdoms of Aragon and Castile gradually expanded south. Persecution forced many Jews to convert to Christianity.Meanwhile in 1469 Ferdinand, heir of Aragon married Isabel, heir of Castile. This situation changes abruptly in the 16th century, when Spain and Portugal become the pioneers in a new era of colonization. Then, in 1796 Spain joined France in her war with Britain.In 1808 Napoleon forced the Spanish king to abdicate and he made his brother Joseph king of Spain. This time the British were their allies.In 1812 the Cortes, the Spanish parliament, published a constitution. Nevertheless, the Iberians continued to resist and fighting continued for nearly 200 years. A new constitution was published in 1876. Furthermore from 1587 to 1604 Spain also fought the English. What were the consequenses of the wars in the 16th century? Southern Italy was impoverished, stagnant, and cut off from the mainstream of events in Europe. The 16th century was a great age for literature in Spain. In 1767 the Jesuits were expelled from Spain and between 1766 and 1776 a politician named Don Pablo de Olavide introduced a number of reforms to Spanish society.
Philip succeeded three times with popes Urban VII, Gregory XIV, and Innocent IX. The opportunity came in 1578 when the Portuguese king Sebastian launched a crusade against Morocco. In spite of the marked decline in the total population of Spain in the sixteenth century, the last three quarters of that century were for several of the cities a period of growth and prosperity. However the sheer size of the Spanish Empire and the very long lines of communication made it difficult to control. By the Treaty of Rastatt and Baden in 1714 Austria took Belgium from Spain. A new constitution was published in December 1931.
The destruction of the United Provinces of the Netherlands was necessary.
Then in 1348, the Black Death reached Spain and it decimated the population.In the late 14th century Jews in Spain faced a wave of persecution. However, the government was in enormous debt and declared bankruptcy that year. The long, desultory and weary struggle effectively ended at the Meanwhile, the Portuguese took advantage of the Catalan revolt to declare their own independence in 1640. Officially Spain was neutral during the Second World War. Then in 1655 England joined France against Spain. However, the Visigoth kings were never very strong. Briefly explain, how religion and trade came together in Europe in the early 16th century to motivate and give the means to explore and colonize land across the seas Religion and trade both played an important role in motivating the Europeans to explore in the late 15th and early 16th century. New European empires: 16th century: Since the fall of Rome, there has been no empire based in Europe which extends outside the continent. The French thus gained time to properly mobilise. Several churches and convents were burned. Government policy under the succeeding Bourbon dynasty was directed to steadily reducing the Church's vast holdings, which by then had come to be seen as an impediment to the country's development. The church in Spain had been purged of many of its administrative excesses in the 15th century by The expulsion of the industrious Jews, Moors, and Moriscos did nothing to advance the Spanish economy. Yet even though gold and silver were flowing into Spain the Spanish kings faced financial problems largely because of the cost of fighting wars.During the 16th century the Spaniards fought the Turks and the French.
So were olives, grapes, and grain. Peace with England and France implied that Spain could focus her energies on restoring her rule to the Dutch provinces. Ferdinand became king in December 1813 but in 1814 he declared the 1812 constitution null and void and made it clear he intended to rule as an absolute monarch.However in 1820 there was an uprising in Spain and a general Rafael de Riego forced Ferdinand to accept the constitution. In 1482 they began a war against Granada, the last Muslim stronghold in Spain.
However it then fell.
At home Spain suffered outbreaks of plague in 1598-1602 and in 1647-1652.In 1700 King Carlos II died and in his will he left the kingdom of Spain to a Frenchman named Philip of Anjou. Isabella was forced to abdicate.
The first railway in Spain was built in 1848 and by the 1860s railways had spread across Spain. Gold and silver were exported. "Spain" or "the Spains" in this period covered the entire peninsula, politically a confederacy comprising several nominally independent kingdoms or realms in Ferdinand's death led to the ascension of young Charles to the throne as Perhaps more important to the strategy of the Spanish king, the League had allied itself with the French, and efforts in Germany to undermine the League had been rebuffed. King Alfonso XIII abdicated in 1931 and Spain became a republic again.