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.