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During the 19th century, Spain witnessed a struggle between the Ancient Regime and the liberal State, with two antagonistic concepts of government. The liberal State needed a new territorial organization that would allow it to govern the country in a uniform manner, collect taxes and create a single market with equal laws for all.
As the 16th century had worn on, inflation in Spain triggered hardship for the peasantry. it was a result of state debt and, more importantly, the importation of silver and gold from the New World. The average cost of goods quintupled in the 16th century in Spain, led by wool and grain.
The Moriscos were descendants of Spain's Muslim population that had converted to Christianity in the early 16th century. 1618: Thirty Years' War: The war, one of the most destructive conflicts in human history, [9] began. 1621: Philip IV of Spain was crowned. [10] 1640: Portuguese Restoration War: The war began. The Iberian Union was dissolved ...
Spain's severe financial difficulties began in the middle 16th century, and continued for the remainder of Habsburg rule. Despite the successes of Spanish armies, the period was marked by monetary inflation, mercantilism , and a variety of government monopolies and interventions.
The Secretary of State or Secretary of State and of the Office was the title given in Spain to the King's ministers [1] [2] during the Ancient Regime of Spain, between the 17th century and the mid-19th century, when it was definitively replaced by the term "minister".
This is a list of state leaders in the 16th century (1501–1600) AD, except for the leaders within the Holy Roman Empire, and the leaders within South Asia. These polities are generally sovereign states , but excludes minor dependent territories , whose leaders can be found listed under territorial governors in the 16th century .
Charles V [d] [e] (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555.
The sociedad de la España moderna ("society of modern Spain" in the sense of the Modern Age or Ancien Régime) was a network of communities of diverse nature, to which individuals were attached by bonds of belonging: territorial communities in the style of the house or the village; intermediate communities such as the manor and the cities and their land (alfoz or comunidad de villa y tierra ...