Isabelle la Catholique | Marie-France Schmidt

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Isabella The Catholic

Marie-France Schmidt

Collection : Biographies

Release date : 23/10/2014

An exemplary sovereign whose political and administrative work, thereafter continued and developed by Charles V, would lend an entirely new dimension to Spain.

Isabella the Catholic (1451-1504), one of the most famous queens of Spain, was not destined to occupy the throne. Only after a long civil war with her half-brother Henry IV and the death of her older brother Alphonse did she legitimately accede to power in Castille in 1474.
She had not... Isabella the Catholic (1451-1504), one of the most famous queens of Spain, was not destined to occupy the throne. Only after a long civil war with her half-brother Henry IV and the death of her older brother Alphonse did she legitimately accede to power in Castille in 1474.
She had not been prepared to assume such power, yet she exercised it with an authority and competence recognized by all, transforming her country into one of the most powerful in the world. Her marriage to Ferdinand, heir to the kingdom of Aragon, was significant in furthering her plans and ambitions. The couple, known to history as the Catholic Kings, enjoyed an immense aura.
But Isabella the Catholic’s foremost ambition was to unify the Spanish States politically and religiously in a smooth transition to form a single nation. Isabella introduced Spain to modernity, not only with administrative reform, but also by opening the country up to international commerce. Spain emerged from isolation and began to trade, not only with European countries, but soon with the lands of an unknown world. She was determined to give Spain an international stature and to create a counterbalance to the hegemony of France. Her successor, Charles V, would take up and develop this project, making Spain the most powerful country in the world.
By the time of Isabella the Catholic’s death, a new Spain had been born, no longer withdrawn but increasingly dominant and intent upon fully assuming its role in the concert of European nations.

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