FOREIGN POLICY OF CHARLES I

THE WARS:

• AGAINST FRANCE: this kingdom was surrounded by Carlos V's territories. The french king was defeated at the Battle of Pavia in 1525 and Carlos conquered the Duchy of Milan.

• AGAINST THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE: the sultan Suleiman the Magnificient began to expand his empire. in 1529 he attacked Vienna but the city resisted.

• AGAINST THE GERMAN PROTESTANT PRINCES: the emperor fought the protestant princes in the Schmalkaldic War and defeated them in Mülberg.

ECONOMY OF CHARLES I

ECONOMY OF CHARLES I

This was one of the greatest points of economy in the full history of Spain. The taxes recollecte from his big empire and the money that gain in the wars make the economy of his empire very extensive.

DOMESTIC POLICY OF CHARLES I

• In 1520 the Revolt of the comuneros was provokes. In this revolt the lower nobility and burgeoisie in some cities rose up against the government.
• The king's representatives and  the high nobility who supported him defeated the 'comuneros' at the 'Battle of Villalar' in 1521
• at the same time, the burgeisie and the peasants rose up against the nobility in Valencia and Mallorca. This is the revolt of the brotherhoods.
• The 'agermanados' were groups of humble citizens who had been allowed to arm themselves to defend their coastal cities against pirate attacks.

CULTURE OF CHARLES I

                  
                   CHARLES I CULTURE

Spanish literature that looks to the sixteenth century, like so many other manifestations of cultural life, is perceived as the result of a tension between the media of the fifteenth century, the history of the sixteenth century, and the impositions of the new cultural impulse. That supposes the development of the humanistic ideals. In the same way as in the Spanish literature of the second half of the sixteenth century its best manifestations will be largely explained, as a result of the circumstances and the achievements that preceded it.

ECONOMY OF FELIPE III

ECONOMY OF FELIPE III

 The country was in bankrupt, so the king decided to stop the wars and signed tratys with a lot of countries, including the protestants. To demostrate that he is a catholic king, he expelled the Moriscos form the Peninsula, meaning that the economy would decrease a lot.

FOREIGN POLICY OF FELIPE III

FOREIGN POLICY OF FELIPE III

In 1607 the Crown was forced to repudiate its debts. The drain of funds caused by the Dutch Wr and the futility of pursuing the struggle in the Netherleand led to a 12-year truce in 1609. In effect, it indicated Spain`s failure to subdue its rebellious subjects in the Netherlands.

SOCIETY OF CHARLES I

                    CHARLES I SOCIETY

There was the same society than in other reign:

    -The upper and lower nobility with access to political positions.

    -The big burgeoise that were important traders and bankers.

    -The petite burgeoise that were artisans and small traders.

    -The pesants that were the majority of  thepopultaion.

    -The beggars that live in the streets.

DOMESTIC POLICY OF FELIPE III

DOMESTIC POLICY

During the first 2 years of reign, the country was ravaged by a plague that probably wiped out the 15-percent increase of population during the 16th century.

To camuflage all the treatys of the wars, Felipe III expelled the Moriscos from the peninsula. Aproximately 250,000 of Moriscos were expelled out of the Peninsula, most of them went to North Africa. Due to this Spain suffered an economic crisis. 

SOCIETY OF FELIPE III

FELIPE III SOCIETY

There was the same society than in other reign:

    -The upper and lower nobility with access to political positions.

    -The big burgeoise that were important traders and bankers.

    -The petite burgeoise that were artisans and small traders.

    -The pesants that were the majority of  thepopultaion.

    -The beggars that live in the streets.

CULTURE OF FELIPE III

                  
                    CULTURE FELIPE III

During his reign Spain incorporated some territories in North Africa and Italy and reached levels of cultural splendor.

The Pax Hispánica was due to the enormous expansion of the Empire and to the years of peace that took place in Europe at the beginning of the 17th century, which allowed Spain to exercise its hegemony without wars.

      

BIOGRAPHY OF FELIPE III

BIOGRAPHY OF FELIPE III

Felipe III was born the 14 april of 1578 and died the 31 March of 1621.

Felipe III

When he was 20 years old he ventually gave over the government to Francisco of  Lerma, who was the true ruler of  Spain for the next two decades. Lerma was overthrowned in 1618 and succeded by the Duke of Uceda.

Felipe III

Duque of Lerma

His hobbies were go hunting, enjoying the theatre and hosting lavish banquets, his role seemgly reduce to providing a heir to the throne.