The Castilian Resistance to the Imperial Ideal (1520-1522). Factum and Iure in the first Globalization
The Castilian Resistance to the Imperial Ideal (1520-1522). Factum and Iure in the first Globalization

Summary/Abstract: The Comunero Revolution of 1520 in Castile, was the most dangerous upheaval in the Habsburg states until then, it was a strike to the Burgundian way of government that King Charles had introduced and it was the last time Castile and Leon saw a general uprising against Royal supremacy. Afterwards, in the Iberian Peninsula Absolutism will not be questioned until the revolt of Catalonia and Portugal in 1640-1641. How did it happen and why? Which were the claims of the Junta of Castile, and who were its opponents? We will try to answer briefly these and other questions, as well as the ideological support of the Comuneros against the Empire and their justified fears of joining the Imperial project of the House of Habsburg. The plunder of the Castilian treasury by the foreign courtiers, the King´s lack of interest to adapt to the costumes of the land and the fear that Charles would rule from Germany were some of the reasons that justified the uprising. Also the legitimate monarch, Queen Juana, Charles mother, was alive and the King had shown little interest to visit her and hear her voice. And last but not least the King had shown several times his wish to dismantle the domains of Castilian Crown. The discovery of the Aztec Empire partially changed such attitude but what is clear is that many of the Comunero demands were attended after the rebellion of 1520.

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