Spanish Empire at its Height

Two-Column Notes

The gold and silver coming from its vast empire made Spain incredibly wealthy.

Spain built a powerful army and navy

Spain’s monarchs and nobles became patrons of artists, leading to a golden age in the arts.

Population Demand for food and

other goodsPricesSilver floods market,

its value dropped and it took more to buy anything.

Spain suffered from severe inflation.Value of $ goesPrice of goods

goes

severe inflation lack of a middle

classexpulsion of Jews

and Muslimsoutdated

manufacturing methods

high cost of wars

The Spanish economy declined and at times Spain was bankrupt.

Philip raised taxes in the Netherlands and tried to crush Protestantism.

The Dutch rebelProtestant provinces

of the Netherlands unite and declare independence from Spain.

Dutch have:stable government strong middle classlarge naval fleetMighty trading

empire

The Dutch became wealthy from trade and banking.

decline of feudalismrise of citiescreation of a middle

classgrowth of national

kingdoms

European monarchs became more powerful.

Catherine of Aragon

• Wife 1– Spanish princess– m. 1509-1533– Marriage annulled

on the grounds that the marriage was “incestuous”

Mary• Only surviving

child of Henry and Catherine

• “Bloody Mary”

Anne Boleyn• Wife 2• Sister of one of

Henry’s mistresses• m. 1533-1536• Had one surviving

child, Elizabeth (future queen)

• Executed for adultery, incest, treason

Elizabeth• Daughter of

Henry and Anne Boelyn

• Future famous Queen of England

• Queen during Philip II invasion

• Queen during age of Shakespeare

Jane Seymour

• Wife 3• Married to Henry 24

hours after Anne’s execution

• m. 1536-1537• Gave birth to boy,

Edward• Died after giving birth

Anne of Cleves• Wife 4• m. Jan.1540-

July1540• Annulled on

grounds that marriage was never consummated

Catherine Howard

• Wife 5• m. 1540-1542• 19 yrs old when

married• Cheated on

husband• Executed

Catherine Parr

• Wife 6• m. 1543-

1547• widowed

Queen

Elizabeth

(England)

King

Phillip II

(Spain)