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Habsburg Spain
Story of the Renaissance: Chapter 11
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History
9th Grade
04/17/2008

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Ferdinand & Isabella
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Ferdinand: prince of Aragon
Isabella: princess of Castile
They married in 1469, conquered Granada and controlled all of Spain
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Spanish Inquisition
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Spain's relentless search for heretics. Panels tortured their suspects until they confessed or died. Convicted heretics were burnt at the stake.
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hidago
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Spanish term for nobleman. The Spanish version of the Renaissance man was a "soldier poet"
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Philip II
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Became king of Spain, the Low Countries & parts of Italy when Charles V (Philip's father) abdicated his position as Holy Roman Empire. (Philip's uncle, Ferdinand, became ruler of Germany)
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Sea Dogs
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English sailors who raided Spanish West Indies for plunder.
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