Ambitions Realized and Thwarted (1150-1250) - European Ambitions and Their Limits - Spain and France in the Making
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What drove the expansion in Spain?
What threefold political configuration was there in Spain?
How did Spain keep their new territories?
- To hold on to their new territories, the Spanish kings had military religious orders establish garrisons along their ever-moving frontiers.
- To rule their newly conquered regions, they issued laws and worked out systems of justice and taxation.
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What did King Alfonso VIII of Castile do for Cuenca?
- After taking it in 1177, he established a bishopric and gave the city a detailed set of laws (fueros) that codified the rights of all groups: clergy, laity, townspeople, peasants, Christians, Jews, and the many Muslims who remained.
- Local officials to enforce the laws were elected by an elite group of property owners.
What did King Philip II conquer?
- When King Philip II (r.1180-1223) came to the French throne at the age of fifteen, his kingdom consisted largely of the Ile-de-France.
- Through inheritance he gained a portion of Flanders in 1191.
- In 1204 he wrenched Normandy from John, the king of England.
- In the wake of that conquest, he forced the lords of Maine, Anjou, and Poitou to submit to him.
How did French kings extend their power?
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