What was the social structure of Spain around 1500?

Social Orders in Spain

HISTORY 129A: LATE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN SPAIN

These are the following instructions that are provided and necessary for this writing assignment:

Your answers should be between 6 and 8 pages, but no more than 8 typewritten pages, double spaced, 12 font with I inch margins for both questions, that is, 8 pages in total as a maximum, but please realize that a very short paper may not do as well. Answer one question from each part. Make sure that you place your discussion of these topics within a historical context. Make references to your reading (mostly to the primary sources on the website), but do not be afraid of being creative. What is expected is a serious critical evaluation of the material and imagination.

 

READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY. THINK ABOUT WHAT IS BEING ASKED.

PROVIDE CHRONOLOGICAL INFORMATION. BE CREATIVE.

 

PART 1:

Question:

What was the social structure of Spain around 1500? What were the social orders? How a society of orders was being transformed by commerce and wealth. Provide an outline and in detail discuss one of the following:

  1. The peasantry; 2) urban dwellers; 3) the nobility; 4) the clergy; 5) marginal groups.

 

MUST PROVIDE EXAMPLES FROM SOURCE SUCH AS QUOTES.

ONLY USE SOURCES ONLY FROM:

Spanish Society, chapter 1

 

Part 2:

Question:

What was the nature of Spanish culture in the period between 1300 and the reign of the

Catholic Monarchs? How does the culture of Castile compare to that of Aragon? After discussing these topics in some detail, focus on Jorge Manrique’s Ode to the Death of My Father. What does that poem tell you about Castilian culture and values in the late fifteenth century and as to Manrique’s intent and values?

 

MUST PROVIDE EXAMPLES FROM SOURCES SUCH AS QUOTES.

ONLY USE SOURCES ONLY FROM:

Manrique’s poem and Ruiz, Spain: Centuries of Crisis

 

All of these sources I will provide by attaching them for download.

 

Please let me know if any of the downloads don’t work I will try to fix those. Also, feel free to ask me as many questions as possible if you happen to get stuck anywhere and need some clarification with anything.

 

REQUIREMENTS

UCLA history 129

 

Masters History

 

 

Hi Henry, hope all is well just wanted to remind to only use sources given and to not use any outside sources please. Thank you once again.

 

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