Today I will be reviewing Ferdinand and Isabella’s rule of Spain.
Ferdinand and Isabella were King and Queen of different parts of Spain. What is interesting about this is that they ruled to together as husband and wife, but they ruled different parts of the kingdom. This was new to the world in those days. Also during their rule they they checked on each section of the kingdom to keep tabs on everyone. Since they saw everything that happened in their kingdom, Ferdinand and Isabella saw that Jews and Muslims had been disrupting different regions of Spain. To combat this, they issued a decree in 1492 that all Jews and Muslims had to leave Spain. As the Jews and Muslims moved out, Catholicism became the only accepted religion in Spain. As a result, everyone was Catholic because Ferdinand and Isabella became Catholic Monarchs. Another notable thing about Ferdinand and Isabella was that they funded Cristopher Columbus’s journey to find a new world (America), which was successful in the end. This made Spain very wealthy and popular because of Cristopher Columbus’s journey. Later in their reign, Ferdinand and Isabella were getting older and they wanted to keep Spain peaceful after they died. They arranged their five daughter’s marriages to achieve this. They made ties with England, Portugal, Wales, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Hapsburg Dynasty.
Ferdinand and Isabella were one of the strongest rulers in Spain and were remembered as Catholic Monarchs.
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