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42 Cards in this Set
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Santa Fe
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cuna de la hispanidad--large military base for the final conquest of granada and therefor the consolidation of a new country
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Santa Hermandad
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the national police of the reyes catolics, primary function was to patrol country roads to prevent robberies
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inquisition
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originally started in the 13th century as a papal commission to clarify religious doctrine and establish a new catholicism; product of the times within a european context, not racial, nationalized spain to find false converts
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auto de fe
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the worst face of the spanish inquisition; public spectale "act of faith" public processions, sermons, confessions
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ladino
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langugage of sephardic jews
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marranos
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pig or swine, crude name for sephardics
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torquemada
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a dominican friar and former jew, the grand inquisitor of the spanish inq
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boabdil
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last ruler of the kingdom of granada, last sultan of the nasrid dynasty
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latifundios
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huge land holdings given to aristrocrats, primarily andalucia
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cisneros
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successor of cardinal mendoza, confessor of isabel, advisor, clerical reformer, oversser of the spanish inquisition, heavily anti moorish
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Moriscos
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muslims who converted to christianity often via massive communal baptisms, important to the argicultural economy of the country
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nebrija
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in 1492 presents Fernando and isabel with an important manuscript of linguistic innovation: the grammatica de castellano, the concept of linguistic expansion/colonization starts to take root
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juana la loca
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daughter of fernando and isabel, technically queen of castilla married to felippe el hermoso
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loyola
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a basquesolider while on a spiritial retreat goes thorugh a mjaor transformation of identity; leaves the military life to become priest, founder of the jesuit order
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Felipe II
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"The Prudent King" spain reached its greatest geographical extension under his rule; a workaholic
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El Escorial
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palace monestary of felipe II; metaphore/symbol of the catholic counter reformation and of the empire itself
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black legend
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started during the time of felipe II by the english and then the dutch followed; a systemic smear campaign aimed at underminig the reputation of felipe II
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Novela Picaresca
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episodic novels written that critiqued the central contradiction of spain; massive global expansion and numerious wars yet within spain there was starvation, corruption, lack of good education
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el greco
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from crete, one of the primary painters of the counter reformation, mixed religious realism with religious mysticism featuring elongated bodies reaching for heaven
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don carlos
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crazed son of Felipe II, maybe had epilepsy; fell down a flight of stairs and doctors removed part of his cranium, would escape from the palace and sign secret treates behind his fathers back
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limpieza de sangre
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an important legal document declaring that a person was an old chirstian--they do not have non christian blood
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Don Juan De Austria
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known as the royal bastard; the half bro of Felipe II; gifted military mind and gifted w/ the ladies,
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lepanto
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a bay near greece, key battle between spain and the turks
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duque de alba
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was essentially the henchman of felipe II in the low countries and to a certain degree in portugal, feared and despise by the dutch
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great armada
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1588 perhaps spains most infamous military blunder in its history; an ill advised naval invasion of england; one fourth spanish fleet was destroyed even before the armada set sail from la coruna
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santa teresa/san juan de la cruz
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tireless reformers of the clergy; two of catholisms primary proponents of mysticism; san juan is noted to be one of the poets of spanish literary history
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lope de vega
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probably the most prolific playwright of the history of the european theater
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velazquez
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considered to be one of the greatest painters of art history
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1640s
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similar to 1960s in US; terrible domestical social strife, open rebellion in cataluna
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calderon de la barca
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perhaps spains greatest writer of the second half of the 17th century; an especially powerful and gifted playright
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Carlos II
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AKA the "bewitched"; epileptic and mentally challanged due to many years of hapsburg intermarriage
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Felipe V
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aka Philippe of Anjou; named king; arrived in spain in 1700 at the age of 16 first bourban monarch in spains history--was very dirty
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treaty of utrecht
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1713 ends war of spain, succession; spain loses flanders, some italian holdings to austria; england attains menorcs
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la ciudadela
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felipes military fortress overlooking barcelona to keep an eye on the rebellious city
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la granja
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felipes mini versailles built near segovia
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farinelli
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the greatest singer of the day, castrated
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family pact
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spain promises to have the same domestic and foreign policies as France
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Fernando VI
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ruled from 1746-1759, son of Felipe V, a time of peace, nutrality civil progress, reform for spain, liked toy boats, married barbara of braganzal a normal couple
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carlos III
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aka enlightened despot, former king of naples launches a massive campaign to build roads, bridges, buldings, academica,
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Carlos IV
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son of carlos III, a real idiot
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godoy
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a powerful and plotting prime minister of carlos IV, lover of the queen, heavily influenced by french culture, hated by the people because he signed a poorly thought out treaty with napolean who proceeded to invade spain
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goya
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from a small town in aragon, known as the bridge painter between the neat and tidy aesthetic vision of neo classical art and the topsy turby of romanticism, consqeuently there is a great variety in his art, for many he is the father of modern art
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