Unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón — Transcript

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1. 0:00Did you know that what we know as Spain
2. 0:02today was once divided into several
3. 0:04rival kingdoms? And that it was two
4. 0:07young people, Isabella of the Kingdom
5. 0:09of Castile and Ferdinand of the Kingdom
6. 0:12of Aragon, who managed to unite those
7. 0:14lands and form the foundation of what
8. 0:16would become the great Spanish Empire?
9. 0:19On the Iberian Peninsula, what we call
10. 0:21Spain today, there were different
11. 0:24kingdoms: Castile, Aragon, Navarre, and
12. 0:27the Muslim Kingdom of Granada. Each one
13. 0:30had its own government, army, and
14. 0:33interests. Can you imagine if every
15. 0:36state in Mexico were an independent
16. 0:38country today with its own laws and
17. 0:40borders? Well, that’s what Spain was
18. 0:43like back then. Isabella was born in
19. 0:46Castile and Ferdinand in Aragon. They
20. 0:48married in secret in 1469 at just 17
21. 0:52and 18 years old. They were not in love
22. 0:56. Ferdinand would serenade her at the
23. 0:58foot of her balcony. Their marriage was
24. 1:02strategic. It united two powerful
25. 1:05kingdoms and strengthened the peninsula
26. 1:07against external enemies. Pope
27. 1:10Alexander VI gave them the title of
28. 1:12Catholic Monarchs. It was for their
29. 1:14defense of Christianity. During their
30. 1:17reign, they expelled the Muslims from
31. 1:19their last stronghold in Granada in
32. 1:211492. They had created the Kingdom of
33. 1:25Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula.
34. 1:28The monarchs also limited the Jewish
35. 1:30presence; they wanted to unify the
36. 1:32Catholic faith as part of their
37. 1:34kingdom's identity. All citizens had to
38. 1:38practice the same religion regardless
39. 1:40of their differences. To strengthen
40. 1:44unity, the Catholic Monarchs also
41. 1:46supported Christopher Columbus in his
42. 1:48project to reach Asia by circling the
43. 1:50globe. Like and follow me so I can tell
44. 1:54you about that episode in history.
45. 1:57Their gamble paved the way for the
46. 1:59discovery of America, an event that
47. 2:02would change world history forever. The
48. 2:05Catholic Monarchs didn't just unite
49. 2:08kingdoms; they also ushered in a new
50. 2:10era: the birth of Spain as a world
51. 2:12power. In the next video, we will see
52. 2:16how Christopher Columbus convinced
53. 2:17these monarchs to fund his risky
54. 2:19expedition. Do you want to find out
55. 2:22with me? Answer the following questions
56. 2:25in your notebook. Comprehension
57. 2:28questions. Who were the Catholic
58. 2:30Monarchs? Which kingdoms did Isabella
59. 2:32and Ferdinand unite through their
60. 2:33marriage? Why did the Pope give them
61. 2:36the title of Catholic Monarchs? How did
62. 2:42the union of Castile and Aragon
63. 2:43strengthen the Iberian Peninsula? Why
64. 2:46was the fall of Granada in 1492
65. 2:48important? What were the consequences
66. 2:52of the Catholic Monarchs 'support for
67. 2:54Christopher Columbus? Do you think the
68. 3:00decision to unify the religion
69. 3:01strengthened Spain or brought more
70. 3:03problems? Explain your answer. M.