Charles govt

Question 1

when did Charles arrive in Spain and how did he look?

Answer 1

• sept 1517

- still a young man, didn’t look like a king

Question 2

what was govt like between 1516-1522?

Answer 2

unstable and inefficient

Question 3

give examples of Charles’s nepotism?

Answer 3

Adrian Utrecht - Inquisitor general
Chieves de Croy - principal advisor
Laurent de Gorfief - first rights to trade African slaves to the new world - worth 25,000 ducats

Question 4

what were the grievances of the 1518 parliament and how did Charles respond ?

Answer 4

• unhappy as foreign advisors given best jobs

- responded poorly by giving them all Spanish citizenship

Question 5

when was Cisneros regent ?

Answer 5

whilst Charles had yet to come to Spain

Question 6

how was Cisneros as a regent?

Answer 6

• Bullied by nobles

- Wanted to set up ‘militia’, nobles simply said no

Question 7

how was Charles partly efficient?

Answer 7

Managed to get 600,000 ducats from parliament over three years

Question 8

what was govt like between 1522-1556?

Answer 8

stable but inefficient

Question 9

how long did he stay in Spain for ?

Answer 9

7 years

Question 10

how was Charles when he returned from HRE?

Answer 10

Returned looking like an actual king and had new-found self confidence

Question 11

who were his two royal secretaries?

Answer 11

gattinara and Cobos

Question 12

what did gattinara do?

Answer 12

developed the conciliar system of govt

Question 13

what did Cobos do

Answer 13

• trained Philip in government from age of 12
• responsible for recruitment and training of bureaucracy for local government in Castile
• Arranged for administrative papers to be deposited @ Simancas thus creating sate archives

Question 14

when did Charles allow most cities encabezamiento?

Answer 14

1525 cortes of Toledo

Question 15

why was the encabezamiento bad for Charles

Answer 15

• Charles collected less tax as it was paid through lump sum
• Often negotiated at a lower cost

Question 16

what happened at 1527 Valladolid cortes?

Answer 16

• summoned all nobles and clergy to fund Hungarian campaign against Ottomans
• Nobles refused to pay

Question 17

when did he attempt to introduce sisa tax?

Answer 17

1538 cortes of toledo

Question 18

did Charles establish stable govt in aragon?

Answer 18

yes

Question 19

who was the Germania revolt really against ?

Answer 19

Grievances against local Muslims and power of nobles

Question 20

what did charles do w/ Aragon?

Answer 20

Didn’t attempt to challenge power and financial limitations of crown in Aragon

Question 21

why did charles leave Aragon alone?

Answer 21

accepted fueros of Aragonese people

Question 22

what did Philip II do w/ Aragon and what happened ?

Answer 22

• attempted to get more involved in Aragon

- 1591 faced revolt + sent 14,000 troops to deal w/ it

Question 23

did Charles establish efficient govt in Aragon?

Answer 23

no

Question 24

what did leaving Aragon alone mean?

Answer 24

he failed to get any money from Aragon

Question 25

how much money did he get from Aragon?

Answer 25

500,000 ducats/year for each five year period

Question 26

how else was Aragon struggling?

Answer 26

attacked by North African pirates - damaged economy

Question 27

how was the council of castile reformed?

Answer 27

halved its size from 16 to 8

increased number of letrados

Question 28

what was created in 1526?

Answer 28

council of state

Question 29

what the de jure role of council. of state

Answer 29

• advise emperor on all areas of foreign + domestic policy

- oversee work of other councils

Question 30

what the de facto role of council of state?

Answer 30

• useful source of patronage
• kept nobles in check
• Charles and those around him dispensed of its advice

Question 31

who set up council of finance and who ran it?

Answer 31

• 1523 Gattinara set it up

- run by Cobos until his death in 1546

Question 32

what was the job of council of finance

Answer 32

• met daily

- job to supervise and control income/expenditure and raise money

Question 33

what did it do to prevent bankruptcy?

Answer 33

forced to sell offices and seizing private bullion shipments

Question 34

when was the council of indies created?

Answer 34

1524

Question 35

what was the council of Indies modelled on?

Answer 35

• Modelled on Councils of Castile and Aragon

- developed to administer the new lands

Question 36

why council of Indies fail?

Answer 36

• letrados on council had never been to new world

- trying to rule land 3000 miles away