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A powerful but divided monarchy

A powerful but divided monarchy

Schematic showing one monarch ruling Castile, Aragon, and Portugal after 1580, with each territory keeping its own laws, taxation, and institutions, while Castilian taxation and American silver funded wars across the empire

The Golden Age of Spain opened with stronger royal power, but Spain was not a single centralized state in 1474. Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon created a dynastic union, not a uniform kingdom.

The Golden Age of Spain, 1474–1598 Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /History
  3. /The Golden Age of Spain, 1474–1598

Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel A Level History The Golden Age of Spain, 1474–1598. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build a secure grasp of the outline narrative for your breadth and depth periods first, since the source-evaluation and historical-interpretations questions that carry a large share of the marks depend on that contextual knowledge.

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