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Spain in the Modern Age

Jaime Valverde

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Spain in the Modern Age

By Jaime Valverde

Renaissance

Carlos I

Baroque

Treaty of Utrecht

Reyes Católicos

Madrid, the capital

Enligtenment

Spanish Empire Decline

Siglo de Oro

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Visita guiada

Reyes Católicos

Reyes Católicos was the name given to the spouses Isabel I de Catilla and Fernando II of Aragón , sovereigns of the Crown of Castilla and the Crown of Aragon, whose dynastic union marked the beginning of the territorial formation of the Kingdom of Spain.

1492. Conquest of the Reino Nazarí de Granada 1496. Conquest of the Islas Canarias 1497. Conquest of Melilla 1504. The Kingdom of Naples is gained 1512. Conquest of the Reino de Navarra

  • Products: Plants and animals were brougth to Europe
  • World Trade: America was rich in natural resources such as gold and silver.
  • What Spain brought to America were the language and the religion

Carlos I

He was a grandson of the Reyes Católicos. He reigned in Spain from 1516 to 1556. Carlos I inherited a large territory and was also Holy Roman Emperor Germanic. Where he is known as Carlos V. Carlos I had many internal protests and revolts, since he came from outside Spain.

Difficulties of Carlos I

  • The French, who wated to control the north of Italy
  • German Protestants to defend Catholicism
  • The Turks, to defend his Mediterranean territories
Territories Germany
Territories Spain

Netherlands, France and Germany. As emperor of Germany, he was called CARLOS V OF GERMANY

Spain, Italy, America and North Africa. As king of Spain he was called CARLOS I DE ESPAÑA

Madrid the capital city

Felipe II was from 1556 to 1598

In 1556, Felipe II became king of Spain.He inherited the throne from his father Carlos I. And from his mother he inherited the kingdom of Portugal and all its territories

In the 16th century Spain became one of the greatest empires in history with territories all over the world, with Madrid as the capital.

With Felipe II in command, Spain was constantly at war. Although he achieved several victories such as the battle of San Quentin in 1557 against France and the battle of Lepanto against the Turks in 1571

Renaissance

Through the 16th century there was a new cultural movement, the RENAISSANCE, saw Italy, New ideas of education art literatures ... The nobility no longer lived in castles but in palaces. This makes a lot of money

The most famous artists of the Renaissance
  • Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael
  • In the architecture, Filippo Burnelleschi
  • In the Lorenzo Ghiberti
Key features of Renaissance key
  • Artist got inspiration from Greek and Roman Art
  • They wanted to achieve the classical proportions and ideal of beauty
  • The human being is the main character of their artwork

Spanish Empire Decline

On July 3, 1898, the brief and disastrous battle of Santiago (343 dead, 151 wounded, 1,889 prisoners, and 6 ships aground or sunk on the Spanish side; one dead, two wounded, and no ships sunk on the American side) certified the Spanish defeat in the war in Cuba marked the end of the Spanish Empire

Spanish monarchs in the 17th century were not interested in ruling. The Spanish empire lost a lot of power in Europe.

Baroque

The Baroque is a cultural movement that came from Italy. I take inspiration from the art of the Greeks and Romans. But instead of showing the classical ideal of beauty, the artwork tried to show reality and drama

Architecture
Sculptures
Painting

Siglo de Oro

During the 16 and 17 century there was a period of artistic and literary splendour in Spain, This period is know as the Golden Age or Siglo de Oro. It coincides with two cultural movement, Renaissance and Baroque

Poets
Playwrights
Novelists
  • Francisco de Quevedo
  • Fray Luis de León
  • Garcilaso de la Vega
  • Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
  • Félix Lope de Vega
  • Tirso de Molina
  • Pedro Calderón de la Barca
  • Ana Caro de Mallén
  • Miguel de Cervantes
  • Mateo Alemán
  • Luis Vélez de Guevara
  • María de Zayas

Treaty of Utrecht

The Treaty of Utrecht, also known as the Peace of Utrecht or the Treaty of Utrecht-Rastatt, is actually a set of treaties signed by the antagonistic states in the War of the Spanish Succession between 1713 and 1715 in the Dutch city of Utrecht. and in the German Rastatt.

With the Treaty of Utrecht, various agreements were established between the European powers: France ceded territories in Canada to Great Britain, Spain lost Gibraltar, Naples and Sicily, and the House of Savoy regained Nice.

Enlightenment

In Spain Bourbon kings and their ministers adopted son Enlightenment ideas. They tried to modernise the country and to improve agriculture, trade and education, However they kept all the power. For this reason they were called enlightenment despots

The Enlightenment was a primarily European cultural and intellectual movement that began in the mid-18th century and lasted until the early years of the 19th century. He was especially active in England, France, and Germany.

Visita guiada por Segovia

La Antigua Sinagoga Mayor de Segovia fue un edificio religioso de Segovia, España. La construcción de la antigua sinagoga principal tuvo lugar a mediados del siglo XIV. A partir del siglo XV, fue confiscado por las autoridades y convertido en un convento de monjas de la orden de Santa Clara en 1419. El edificio fue completamente destruido por el fuego en 1899, y luego reconstruido.La Santa Iglesia Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción y de san Frutos de Segovia, conocida como la Dama de las Catedrales por sus dimensiones y su elegancia, es una catedral construida entre los siglos xvi y xviii, de estilo gótico con algunos rasgos renacentistas. La catedral fue quemada en el año 1614 y fue reconstruida Al final pasamos por el monumento mas visitado de Segovia, La Catedral

En primer lugar empezamos la visita por el Acueducto de Segovia, uno de los lugares mas turísticos de Segovia. Nos explican como lo hicieron, quienes los hicieron y una leyenda muy conocida, la de una chica y el diablo. Después paramos en la Bajada de la Canaleja donde las tejas de las casas estan a reves y se dice que esto se debe a tres razones: Para que el agua bajase, para gastar menos material o para que las cigueñas no se posasen. Un poco paramos en la casa de los picos donde en toda la casa hay unos 617 y se dice que hay un tesoro en uno de ellos. La Judería de Segovia es un barrio de la ciudad española de Segovia.Allí vivian hebreos hasta que los Reyes Católicos les expulsaron. Constituyó en su momento una de las comunidades más ricas y pobladas de toda Castilla.