Carlos I - History Lab

Confirmation of all the privileges, freedoms and liberties of the Lordship of Vizcaya by Emperor Charles V

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:51 +0000

One of the most outstanding peculiarities of the history of the Basque provinces lies in the existence of a foral regime, inherited from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Age. The fueros, with some exceptions, are laws particular to a town, territory, social group or institution.

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Documents on Juan Sebastián Elcano: will and other instruments relating to his family

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:42 +0000

Juan Sebastián Elcano was a Spanish sailor who completed the first round-the-world voyage in the Magellan-Elcano expedition, remaining at the head of the expedition after the death of Ferdinand Magellan. A native of the town of Guetaria, Elcano began his circumnavigation on 10 August 1519 and arrived in Sanlúcar de Barrameda on the Nao Victoria on 6 September 1522, after a three-year voyage. This document is contextualised a few years after his return, in 1526, the date on which he wrote his will, which can be consulted.

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Letter from Charles V to the Marquis of Frómista, announcing the decision to renounce in his son Philip

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:42 +0000

After decades of warfare, Charles I’s last years were marked by retirement and distance from all political matters. Thus, during the process of the Brussels Abdications, Charles I left the imperial government to his brother Ferdinand I (Holy Roman Empire) and that of Spain and the Indies to his son Philip, who became Philip II in 1556 after the death of the monarch.

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Tabula Moderna Hispaniae, from the Cosmographia universalis by Sebastian Münster

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:37 +0000

It includes the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. There is a cartouche in the lower right-hand corner with an explanation of the political division of the Iberian Peninsula. The profiles of the mountain systems, the most important rivers and the cities as groupings of buildings are depicted. The toponymy is written in Latin and Spanish, although the title and cartouche are in German. It is dated to the reign of Charles I (1516-56)

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Revolt of the Comuneros of Castile

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:33 +0000

The War of the Communities of Castile, or the Revolt of the Comuneros, took place during the reign of Charles I, between 1520 and 1522. It was an armed uprising led by the so-called “comuneros” from the inland cities of Castile, with Toledo and Valladolid at the head of the uprising. This uprising has been interpreted in different ways, as an anti-seigneurial revolt, as one of the first bourgeois revolutions, or even as an anti-fiscal movement. It was motivated by the political instability present in the Crown of Castile from the beginning of the 16th century. The arrival of Charles I in Castile around 1517, barely knowing how to speak Castilian and bringing with him a large number of Flemish nobles and clerics as his court, provoked misgivings among the Castilian elites, who felt a certain displacement and feared the loss of their power and status. This discontent was transmitted to the popular strata. This was compounded by tax demands that provoked a series of urban revolts. After a year of rebellion, the communist leaders Padilla, Bravo and Maldonado were beheaded in 1521, and the communist army fell into disarray. Toledo maintained its rebellion until 1522. In some territories such as Andalusia, for example, the uprising had little impact, as the cities were dominated by the nobility and remained loyal to the king. Only Jaén, Baeza and Úbeda supported the rebellion until 1521. The image is a photograph of the work by Antonio Gisbert Pérez, “Ejecución de los Comuneros de Castilla” (“Execution of the Comuneros de Castilla”), kept in the Palacio de las Cortes in Madrid, which was photographed by Juan Laurent y Minier in 1871 for the National Exhibition of that year. It depicts the execution of the Comuneros Juan de Padilla, Juan Bravo and Francisco Maldonado on 24 April 1521 at Villalar.

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Militia maintained in Barcelona (1534-1553)

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:20 +0000

The city of Barcelona was characterised by an armed society for much of the modern period. This was due to the city’s strategic location on the border with France, which, together with the statutes that only allowed arming armies for self-defence, led Charles I to grant permission to arm citizen armies in 1544. In this way, the monarchy not only ensured cost savings, but also allowed the area to be well protected against invasion attempts. The possession of arms in this context was much higher in the third estate than among the nobility or the militia, which shows the existence of widespread smuggling. This led to serious public order problems during the reign of Philip II, specifically between 1575 and 1590, when veritable networks of bandits were set up, creating a climate of insecurity that was difficult to remedy.

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Joanna The Mad (Historical Rap)

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:06 +0000

Video in which rap is used to bring us closer to the historical figure of Joanna I of Castile, known as “la Loca” (1479-1555). She was Queen of Castile from 1504 to 1555, and of Aragon and Navarre from 1516 to 1555, although from 1506 she did not exercise any effective power and from 1509 she lived locked up in Tordesillas, first by order of her father, Ferdinand the Catholic, and later by order of his son, King Charles I.

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Charles the King Emperor

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:23 +0000

Series broadcast between 2015 and 2016 by TVE, which, in 17 episodes, tells the story of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Hispanic Monarchy, in a somewhat rushed manner. It was filmed after the success of the series Isabel, but was not of the same quality as the latter. The series takes a lot of historical license, probably because it tries to cover the emperor’s entire life in very few hours of footage.

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