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Privilege letter from Charles I granting the title of villa to the place of Torres de la Alameda (1555)

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:54:58 +0000

The document is a letter of privilege. This type of document was used by the monarchs to abolish taxes, confirm municipal privileges or, in this case, to grant the title of villa to Torres de la Alameda. The most immediate consequence was that the new town left the jurisdiction of Alcalá de Henares and created a new council. However, despite the theoretical concession, on a practical level it remained under the tutelage of Alcalá de Henares. This charter is an example of compensation to areas that rendered good services to the Crown; although it was usually signed by monarchs, on this occasion it was signed by Princess Juana of Austria, daughter of Charles I and Isabella of Portugal.

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Charles V, the most powerful ruler in Christendom

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:54:00 +0000

11.41 minute educational video produced by Academia Play in which, using the Visual Thinking technique, the reign of Charles I of Spain and V of Germany is recounted. On 18 September 1517 Charles arrives in Spain and becomes the first king of the Habsburg dynasty. After inheriting the Holy Roman Empire, the beginning of the popular revolts against the King is explained. During the video, Charles’ great goal of unifying the kingdom under Catholicism, domestic and foreign policy, and the wars for world hegemony are explained.

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Isabella the Catholic: the problem of succession in Castile after her death

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:54:00 +0000

7.58 minute educational video produced by Academia Play in which, using the Visual Thinking technique, the most important events in the succession of Castile after Isabella I of Castile are narrated. The uncertainty aroused by Juana, the problems caused by the second marriage of Ferdinand II to Germaine de Foix “Germana”, niece of Louis XII, the events following the Concord of Salamanca in 1505, the Concord of Villafáfila in 1506, the sudden death of Philip the Handsome, the Regency of Cisneros, and the reign of Charles I of Spain and V of Germany after his arrival in 1517.

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