The modern age (session 1)
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The Modern Age
The age of discovery
TIMELINE
Middle Ages ended with the discovery of the Americas in 1492.
Modern Age Time of discovery: lasted 300 years
ended with the French Revolution in 1789
As it was a time of discovery…
What mean of transport do you think they used?
CARAVELS
If you want… You can look for interesting
information and tell your
classmates!
SPAIN IN 1492
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MIDDLE AGES
DURING THE MIDDLE AGES
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MODERN AGE
CAREFUL!
SPAIN IN 1492: BEG. MIDDLE AGES
IBERIAN PENINSULA
Christian nobles
Muslims
very powerful
Made laws and controlled the courts.
Decided: peasents had to pay & how much of their crops they had to give them.
Organised armies and fought against other nobles.
SPAIN IN 1492: BEG. MIDDLE AGES
Christian nobles
UNITED: form larger and more powerful kingdoms
SPAIN IN 1492: DURING MIDDLE AGES
IBERIAN PENINSULA
Muslim territory
Christian kingdom
Fernando II of Aragón
SPAIN IN 1492: DURING MIDDLE AGES
Isabel I of Castilla
married in 1469
Fernando V of Castilla in 1474
When Fernando succeeded to the throne of Aragón in 1479
SPAIN IN 1492: DURING MIDDLE AGES
FERNANDO AND ISABEL united the two kingdoms: creating one large powerful Christian kingdom
1492
Fernando and Isabel defeated the Muslims in Granada
Gained control of Las Islas Canarias, Melilla and other
important ports in the Mediterranean
1496
Pope gave them the title Los Reyes Católicos
SPAIN IN 1492: BEG. MODERN AGE
The monarchs of Europe began to take power away from the nobles.
In Spain:
REYES CATÓLICOS
took control of: army, economy and
government.
Built: strong unified army and controlled
the country´s economy
SPAIN IN 1492: BEG. MODERN AGE
REYES CATÓLICOS
created important positions in the
government
WHY?
People could help them with the new organisation of the
country.
MODERN AGE
The monarchy controlled the
country
NOT the nobles
MONARCHS: absolute power
TRUE OR FALSE
The monarchs made the laws in the Middle Ages.
The nobles had a lot of power in the Middle Ages.
The Muslims controlled all the Iberian peninsula in the Middle Ages.
TRUE OR FALSE
The nobles made the peasents pay for their land in the Middle Ages.
The army was very small after 1492.
The Reyes Católicos united their kingdoms.
