Y206: 1659-1556 Note: Based on 2x 50 minute lessons per week Terms based on 6 term year. Key Topic Term Week Number Indicative Content Extended Content Resources Isabella and Ferdinand: government 1 1-2 The situation in Spain in 1469 and campaign to secure the throne by 1479 nature of the kingdoms of the Iberian peninsula: political, cultural and linguistic differences the rule of Henry IV (1454-74) in Castile: belief in royal absolutism and the partidas, peripatetic council, law and order, role of grandee families such as the Mendozas, reasons for civil war the rule of John II (1458-79) in Aragon: federation of kingdoms of Aragon, Catalonia and Valencia, reasons for civil war marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella (1469) role of Joanna ‘la Beltraneja’ nature of civil war in Castile and wars of succession 1475-79: role of the Castilian grandees and bishops, Marquis of Villena and Archbishop Carrillo towns and cities such as Toledo, Seville and Burgos hidalgos Cortes of Madrigal and formation of the Santa Hermandad Spain in the Reigns of Ferdinand and Isabella Woodward Spain 1474-1700, Pendrill Spain: Rise and Decline Kilsby Ferdinand and Isabella: Profiles in Power, Edwards
Observant Franciscans legacy of the pogrom of 1391 convivencia: Jews, moriscos, conversos, mudejar and mozarab Catholic traditions and regional practices role of cathedrals, monasteries and universities Religious reforms: aims and methods the papacy and clerical appointments monastic reform nature of medieval inquisition, definitions of heresy and reasons for implementation influence of the Dominicans on religious practice, policy and reform role of Torquemada, Talavera and Cisneros process, extent and impact of the Spanish Inquisition expulsion of the Jews (1492) and its impact success, failure and consistency of religious policies religious conditions and impact of policies by 1516 Spain: Rise and Decline Kilsby Ferdinand and Isabella: Profiles in Power, Edwards 2 9 The role of Ferdinand and Isabella in shaping religious policy the monarchs’ religious aims and beliefs Isabella’s personal piety and religious patronage relations with Rome and the papacy, Spain in the Reigns of Ferdinand and Isabella Woodward Spain 1474-1700, Pendrill
role of Alexander VI appointments to the Inquisition and church hierarchy title ‘The Catholic Kings’ Spain: Rise and Decline Kilsby Ferdinand and Isabella: Profiles in Power, Edwards 2 10 Religion, faith and politics the tradition of Reconquista and crusading ideals the cruzada the fall of Granada (1492) and its significance treatment of the moriscos and conversos revolt of Granada (1499) the mudejars in Aragon similarities and differences in reform, policy and practice between Castile and Aragon Spain in the Reigns of Ferdinand and Isabella Woodward Spain 1474-1700, Pendrill Spain: Rise and Decline Kilsby Ferdinand and Isabella: Profiles in Power, Edwards Charles I: government and religion 2 11-12 Nature of the Succession and Early Reign up to 1524 administrative methods and legacy of Ferdinand and Isabella nature and extent of Charles’ inheritance personality, upbringing and experience of Charles reliance on foreigners and relations with the Spanish nobility Adrian of Utrecht priorities by 1519 Cortes of Santiago nature and extent of political challenges: relations with the Spanish nobility and towns causes of the Communeros and Germania revolts (1519–1524) Charles’ methods in dealing with revolts and opposition Spain in the Reigns of Ferdinand and Isabella Woodward Spain 1474-1700, Pendrill Spain: Rise and Decline Kilsby Ferdinand and Isabella: Profiles in Power, Edwards
foundation of the Jesuits and role of missionaries impact of the Reformation on Spanish policy Overseas policies and the economy 3 17-18 Foreign situation in 1469 aims and priorities: defence, crusade, expansion, peace or war similarity and differences in Castilian and Aragonese interests relations with Portugal, France and the Italian states Spain in the Reigns of Ferdinand and Isabella Woodward Spain 1474-1700, Pendrill Spain: Rise and Decline Kilsby Ferdinand and Isabella: Profiles in Power, Edwards 3-4 19-20 Exploration, discovery and conquest reasons for exploration and royal patronage significance of Seville, access to the Atlantic and role of the Canary Islands shipbuilding and new technology competition with Portugal and treaties such as Alcacovas and Tordesillas role of the papacy nature of Spanish exploration and methods of conquest impact of Reconquista mentality role and significance of the explorers and conquistadors Columbus and explorations of the ‘Indies’, Caribbean, Hispaniola Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico (1518–1541) Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru (1524–1541) methods of rule in overseas territories, extension and Spain in the Reigns of Ferdinand and Isabella Woodward Spain 1474-1700, Pendrill Spain: Rise and Decline Kilsby Ferdinand and Isabella: Profiles in Power, Edwards