HIST 1010 Lecture 10: Chapter 10
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Major focuses on power and alliances (mainly through marriage) Golden bull: an edict that officially stated that german princes and kings were autonomous rulers. Power struggles and futile wars engaged the three christian monarchies of castile, aragon and. The marriage of ferdinand of aragon and isabella of castile in 1469 unified spain, and ended family rivalries. Three main issues that made up the hundred years war: The first was conflicting rights in gascony, france. The monarch found over the arrangement of sovereignty in the region. The second was the close relationship between england and the flemish cloth towns which (cid:449)ere the pri(cid:373)ary (cid:272)o(cid:374)su(cid:373)ers for e(cid:374)gla(cid:374)d"s (cid:449)ool. The fle(cid:373)ish people began revolts against the aristocrats because of the large monopolized power they held. France joined the side of the wealthy merchants and england joined the side of the artisans. The third was about royal succession in france, charles iv died without an heir.