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By: Frankie Lee, Anna Takahashi,

Lacey Schwartz, John Hugues



compulsive micromanager- manages every part of the country

presided over specialized councils for state affairs, finance, war, and theInquisition

A distrustful sovereign Philip II played royal bureaucrats against each other, leading to a system of

checks and balances that would manage state affairs in a very inefficientmanner, sometimes damaging state business

It was an Absolute Monarch



Believed in the divine right of monarchs Philip developed a system of regional self-government with viceroysanswering to him and he ruled as an absolute monarch

gave them little political power but gave the families that received suchtitles great prestige within Spain, but no real power.

Under Philip's reign, Spain saw a fivefold increase in prices Philip became increasingly dependent on loans from foreign bankers,

particularly in Genoa and Augsburg By the end of his reign, interest payments on these loans alone would

account for 40% of state revenue



For all its professionalism, Philip¶s administration system had four

major defects:o It was too cautiouso Decision making took too longo Corruption through the sale of offices to those without ability but

with the money weakened the system.o The impact of the Counter-Reformation stymied the modern

approach being adopted in Protestant states. Thinking was stillfrowned upon and could individuals into trouble.

Exiled Christianized Muslims from Spain. Due to inflation and a high tax burden for Spanish manufacturers and

merchants Spanish industry was harmed and Spanish riches werefrittered away on imported manufactured goods by an opulentaristocracy and Philip's wars



Supposed to induce Catholicism

Far from making Spain a nation of pure religion, the Inquisition turned religioninto a series of rules that could still be compatible with a dissolute lifestyle.

As Philip II believed and practiced, God had put him in power and sustainedhim. This was also the belief of protestant England as based on the Romanbelief that all governments are established by God.



Loved by his people (Spanish Subjects) but not byothers

Inspired artistic and cultural work Loved music, writing, and reading Encouraged Reading Liked drinking and partying Wanted to be the Absolute monarch of Catholicism



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Seen as expansionist, imperialistic and arrogant Castiliany Wanted to be the ruler of all Christianityy Spanish Annexation of Portugaly Enterprise to Englandy French Wars of Religiony A group of Popes wanted to get rid of himy if he had not become the ruler of the Low Countries, Philip wouldhave devoted himself to warfare with the Turks in the Mediterranean, and tothe conquest of northern Africay



King Philip II sent the Spanish army to put down the Protestant uprising in theNetherlandsyThe persecution of Christian Moors who lived in Spainy1571 Spanish navy destroys Turkish navy in the Mediterraneany King Philip II obtains backing from Pope Sixtus V for his plans to invade

England. The invasion is proclaimed a Catholic crusadey Philip II becomes involved with a Spanish war against the Huguenots in France



http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Philip_II_of_Spain_- _Economic_troubles/id/5209383

http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/phillipofspain.htm http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/king-philip-ii-spain.htm

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