comunero movement
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The comunero movement was a popular uprising in Castile that began in 1520, shortly after Charles I inherited the Spanish throne. Dissatisfaction with the foreign king and his Burgundian advisors, coupled with demands for more funds for his imperial ambitions, fueled the rebellion. The towns, led by Toledo, formed a league and established a revolutionary government, asserting their right to assemble and discuss grievances. While the movement spread, the nobility eventually sided with the crown, defeating the comuneros at the Battle of Villalar in 1521, which reestablished royal authority in Castile.1
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Read MoreThe revolt of the comuneros (1520ā21), an uprising of a group of Spanish cities, was successfully quelled, securing Castile as the bedrock of his empire, but the opposition of Francis I of France, of SĆ¼leyman I (the Magnificent; ruled 1520ā66) of the Ottoman Empire, and of the Lutheran princesā¦
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