Territorial organization
What is the difference between a natural frontier and a political frontier?
What physical factors can make the territorial organisation of a state difficult?
What are the three main elements that make up a state?
What are the functions of the executive branch of government?
What are the main characteristics of a democracy compared to a dictatorship?
What is the difference between a constitutional monarchy and an absolute monarchy?
What were the origins of the European Union and which treaties led to its creation?
What were the main goals of the Maastricht Treaty in transforming the EEC into the EU?
Which institutions of the European Union hold legislative power?
What is the role of the European Central Bank within the EU?
Emperor Theodosious: two parts
Germanic kingdoms
New languages
Sack of Rome
Aula Regia
Code of Justinian
Iconoclasm
Three monotheistic religions
Hegira
Quran
Five pillars of Islam
Different officials
Chiies and sunnies
Battle of Poitiers
Carolingian Empire
Counties and Marches
Treaty of Verdun
Succesors of the Carolingian Empire
Second wave of invasions in Europe
Royal Council
Homage
Demesne
Merchants had to pay a toll..
Three estates
Types of nobility
The peasants
The clergy
Crusades
There were two main sea routes
trade fairs
banking
bills of exchange
bourgeoisie
shopkeepers
In regions with Jewish and Muslim minorities these groups lived in separate neighbourhoods
charter (fuero)
There were three stages in becoming an artisan
There were two types of school which were only for boys
With the rise of schools, teachers and students began to form associations in order to defend their autonomy and privileges
Universities were divided into four faculties
The Western Schism
Poem of the Cid in Spain.
Jacquerie in France and the Peasants' Revolt in England
Modern States - The Catholic Monarchs and the Geographical Discoveries
Characteristics of Modern States
Some European Modern States
The Unification of Castile and Aragon.
The Holy Brotherhood
Chancillerías
Corregidores
Territorial expansion and unification
The Silk Road
Columbus’s Project
Treaty of Tordesillas
The Great Explorers and Navigators
The Pre-Columbian Cultures
Humanism and Renaissance
A short introduction
Humanist philosophers
The Reformation
The printing press
How was Humanism spread?
The protestant religion
The Catholic Counter-Reformation
Nebrija
Erasmus
Vitoria
95 thesis
Lutheranism, Calvinism (Puritans and Huguenots) and Anglicanism
Hispanic monarchy. The Habsburgs
Say in order the house of Habsburg
Charles I: Inheritance (territories)
Charles I: internal problems
Charles I: international relations
Philip II: Foreign policy
Philip III: Main features
Philip IV: Main features
Charles II: Main features