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The Growth of the French Monarchy Louis XI, the Spider (1461 – 1483)

Territorial expansion and royal control England: Civil War and a New Monarchy

The Wars of the Roses The administrative and financial reforms of

Henry VII (1485 – 1509)

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Durer, Adoration of the Magi

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MAP 12.2 Europe in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century

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The Unification of Spain Isabella of Castile (1474 – 1504) and Ferdinand

of Aragón (1479 – 1516) Establishment of professional royal army Religious uniformity

The Inquisition Conquest of Granada Expulsion of the Jews

The Holy Roman Empire: the Success of the Habsburgs Dynastic marriage and territorial growth Maximilian I (1493 – 1519)

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MAP 12.3 The Iberian Peninsula

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The Struggle for Strong Monarchy in Eastern Europe Poland: conflict between nobility and the crown Hungary

Matthias Corvinus (1458 – 1490): short-term centralization

Russia Ivan III (1462 – 1505): overthrow of the Mongols

The Ottoman Turks and the End of the Byzantine Empire The spread of the Seljuk Turks Fall of Constantinople to the Turks (1453)

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CHRONOLOGY Europe in the Renaissance