HIST 4451 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Santa Hermandad, Spanish Empire, Tercio
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1495: ferdinand decides to create a holy league to go after the turks, but they actually go after the french. A year after the holy league juan married margaret of austria. Catherine married arthur tudor and then henry viii: whole point of marrying these people was to surround france. Treaty of granada- france and spain agreed to divide naples in half. Treaty of blois- ferdinand is recognized as the ruler of naples. Ferdinand married a french princess after isabella dies. Ferdinand succeeded in getting both passes from france. France has milan and alliances with northern italian states. Gets involved in the sugar trade with portugal. Wins over a relative who knew the confessor of isabella: isabel was the one who showed interest. He has a mistress who he never married. Columbus gets an audience with the crown in november 1486: spain holds him till they decide if they have the funds.
