§Reconquest ends with
capture of Granada, last Moorish stronghold.
§Unification and
consolidation of power.
§Cortes grant taxing
power.
§Taxes increase
20 times between 1470 and 1540.
§Expulsion of the Jews (and
then Moriscos
in 1609).
§Loss of artisanal,
commercial, and agricultural skills.
