Age of Absolutism Ch. 4 Sec. 1

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Age of AbsolutismCh. 4 Sec. 1

• Spanish Power Grows

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Charles V

• 1500s Spain emerges as the first modern European
  power under Isabella and Ferdinand
• Grandson (Charles I) becomes king of Spain
• 1519 (death of other grandfather) heir to the
  Hapsburg empire (included Holy Roman empire)
  became Charles V

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Charles V

• Effects of ruling two Empires
• Involved in constant warfare
• Religious
• Ottomons
• Gave up his titles and entered monastery
• Divided empire between brother and son
• Ferdinand (Hapsburg empire)
• Philip (Spain and colonial possessions)

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Philip II

• 42-year reign of control and absolute authority
• Hard working, ambitious, and devout
• Ruled as an absolute monarch by divine right
• Often at war
• Defeat the Ottomons
• Protestants (Dutch Netherlands)
• England and Queen Elizabeth I

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Empire Declines

• Spanish armada vs. English ships
• Lighter, faster, better suited for conditions
• Beginning of the end of Spanish dominance
• Weak successors to the throne
• Economic problems
• Costly wars
• Gold and Silver
• Inflation, neglect of agriculture and commerce