HIST 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Inter Caetera, Papal Bull, Catholic Monarchs
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Ferdinand of aragon and isabella of castile marries: nowadays known as spain it"s treaty signed b/w catholic monarchs of castile + aragon and. Prince john ii = king of portugal atm the peace solved castillian succession. Gave out navigation rights and the atlantic ocean conquest: isabel + ferdinand: castillian kingdom + canary islands, portugal: madeira, porto santo, azores + cape verde island. Columbus (italian) but was under the catholic monarchs of spain. Made his voyage under sponsorship of ferdinand and isabella. Columbus return angered king john ii of portugal: claimed that the old papal (before inter caetera) decrees the land, king sent fleet across the ocean to claim the indies for portugal belonged to him. A papal bull issued by pope alexander vi on may 4, 1493. King and queen of castile sought a new papal bull to argue their case with portugal forbade anyone from going new world without spain"s permission.
