A | B |
Golden Age | 1550 to 1650 |
Habsburg | Austrian dynasty |
Conference of Augsburg | recognized rights of Protestants |
Treaty of Utrecht | stated that Spain and France could never again be united under one ruler |
Spanish Armada | famous, almost invincible fleet of Spanish ships |
Borbón | dynasty that linked Spain with France |
War of Succession | fights over who was the legitimate ruler of Spain |
Carlos II | el Hechizado and last ruler of Spanish Habsburgs |
Juana la Loca | daughter of Fernando and Isabel who was imprisoned for most of her life |
Felipe V | grandson of French Louis XIV |
Torquemada | first Inguisitor-General of the Spanish Inquisition |
Carlos I | grandson of Fernando and Isabel who became Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire as well as king of Spain |
Carlos III | most intelligent Borbón king of Spain |
Felipe II | invaded Portugal and controlled the Spanish Armada |
Carlos V | Carlos I as Holy Roman Emperor |
Catholic Kings | Fernando and Isabel |
Reconquista | fight to regain control of Spain from Arab rule |
1492 | Granada is conquered marking the end of Arab rule |
conversos | Jews who converted to Christianity |
moriscos | Muslims who converted to Christianity |
Cristóbal Colón | discoverer of America |
La Santa María, La Niña, La Pinta | Columbus´ships |
Felipe el Hermoso | husband of Juana la Loca |
Karl V | title Carlos I held as king of Germany |
Palace of Tordesillas | prison for Juana la Loca |
Padilla, Bravo, Maldonado | Spanish nobles who revolted against Carlos I who used Spanish money to settle disputes in Germany |
Battle of San Quentín | Spain wiped out the French army |
Battle of Lepanto | Spain, Venice and the Pope defeated the Turks |
Sir Francis Drake | defeated the Spanish Armada |
Felipe III and Felipe IV | incompetent Spanish kings |
Cervantes | wrote the novel Don Quijote de la Mancha |
el Greco | Golden Age artist |
monastery at El Escorial | example of Golden Age architecture |
Salic Law | prohibited women from reigning |
Spanish Inquisition | religious movement to expel all non-Christians from Spain in hope of unity |