Landlord: Person,
normally belonging to the nobility, who owned a land (fief), and obtained an
income from the rent of those lands, which were worked by peasants.
Mercantilism:
Economic system based on the idea that a country’s wealth depended on how much
gold and silver it possessed. It maximizes the exports.
Absolutism: Form
of government in which the monarch holds unlimited power, and this power was believed
to come from God.
Parliamentary Monarchy: Form of government in which all or some of the monarch´s decisions
must be approved by parliament.
Morisco:
Moriscos were former Muslims who converted to Christianity.
Glorious Revolution: The Glorious Revolution was the process that took place in England
when William of Orange took the English throne from James II in 1688. The event
brought a permanent realignment of power within the English constitution.
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