History 2403E : Spain2403.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: History
• Course: History 2403E
• Professor: Anne Skoczylas

Document Summary

1607: financial crisis: interest payments were suspended and they searched for scapegoats (muslims) 1609: 12 year truces with netherlands hoping to end the dutch war. 1609-14: expulsion of moriscos (remnants of old muslim rulers before the conquest of granada) 1618: bohemian crisis led to fall of lerma. 1626-40: union of arms to deal with expense of 30 year war some resistance. 1627: financial crisis: interest payments and government loans suspended. 1629: war of mantuan, succession with france to protect spanish road. 1635: further war with france when richelieu declares war on the spanish. 1640: revolts: catalonia, portugal, john of braganza, john iv. 1643: fall of olivares led to rapid decline. 1648: treaty of munster with dutch to signify the end of the 30 year war (peace of westphalia) 1659: treaty of pyrenees: lands ceded to french ending the war with france when maria teresa marries louis xiv.