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The Golden Age of Spain, 1474–1598

The Kingdom of Aragon and royal authority

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Overview

Recall questions on the three realms and their Cortes, the fueros, why Aragon could not be taxed, the Justiciar, and the right of manifestacion.

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Key term

What was the overall outcome for Aragonese liberties?

Key term

Which Aragonese official was charged with defending regional liberties?

Key term

How was the Crown of Aragon structured?

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    What were Aragon's traditional rights and privileges called?

    Model answer

    The fueros.

  2. 2

    What was the overall outcome for Aragonese liberties?

    Model answer

    The fueros were largely preserved but royal authority was reasserted.

  3. 3

    Which Aragonese official was charged with defending regional liberties?

    Model answer

    The Justiciar (the Justicia of Aragon).

  4. 4

    How was the Crown of Aragon structured?

    Model answer

    As three separate realms, Aragon, Catalonia and Valencia, each with its own Cortes, laws and institutions, sharing only the monarch.

  5. 5

    What was the dispute over the foreign viceroy of Aragon?

    Model answer

    Philip II claimed the right to appoint a non-Aragonese viceroy and sent the Marquis of Almenara to Zaragoza to press the case, which Aragonese saw as a breach of their fueros.

  6. 6

    Why could the crown not tax Aragon effectively?

    Model answer

    Its Cortes had to consent unanimously and granted little, so Castile bore the fiscal burden of the monarchy while Aragon paid comparatively little.

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