PS: Hurry up with the update, so it was originally one chapter, but it had to be divided into two chapters, and it turned out to be a thousand words...... This is not normal, and another thousand words will be sent later. Tomorrow's chapter is additional. If you have time to see if you can make up for it yesterday, sorry.

The words at the end of the previous chapter were just taken for granted from the lips of the teacher of the Sardinian religious school.

In addition to increasing Ferdinand's cult of personality, the madrasas also frantically agitated for a "poetic expedition" to the New World.

Right! Our motives are legitimate and honorable!

The King, Her Majesty the Queen, the Spanish State, the Pope and the Church, should spontaneously and generously provide you with the means to be the founder and successor of imperialism (in the words of Ferdinand, imperialism is a good word in this era, not arrogant, and the Pope often uses empire to praise this overseas enterprise). that you may work for such a holy, so praiseworthy, so pleasing to the living God!

Add to God's glory every day!

And expand the empire of Christianity every day!

May the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Trinity, the Virgin Mary, St. Peter, and the Light fool you, Amen!

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Without being nonsense, removing the comical and Ferdinand's exaggerations, the above is basically Pope Alexander VI's edict of commendation to Ferdinand and Isabella.

However, it was probably not just because they conquered the Kingdom of Granada that the Pope was so enthusiastic about proclaiming Ferdinand and Isabella as Catholic kings!

After all, because of Pope Alexander VI's extravagance, Isabella and Ferdinand did not have a very good opinion of the Spanish pope historically, and the two sides disagreed on many issues.

One of them is probably the situation of Catholicism in Spain.

The Reformation barely affected Spain, not only because of Spain's conservatism, but in fact, the most serious ills of the Catholic Church had been eliminated by Queen Isabella's purges, and the life of the Spanish clergy was generally incomparable with the situation in Italy. Well, they do observe fasting, and as for Italy, let's leave it alone.

Although the Spanish Inquisition persecuted heretics and infidels, it was actually the Queen's rectification of the Church. The appointment of Spanish cardinals and clergy at all levels, under the Queen's governance, was effectively in the hands of the monarch.

In this way, Catholicism became a strong shield and a bond for the monarch rather than a binding restriction.

For example, the sale of indulgences was not as popular in Castile as in other regions (although it was also a hot sale, and the poor lived by their faith...... ）。

And because of the hard struggle and great achievements of the Spanish conquest of Granada (it has been fought since the end of the civil war, so it has been throughout the reign), the Holy See has not yet been at odds with the Spanish king, but secretly, the relationship between the pope and the two Spanish kings has declined, of course, the overall situation is still cooperation.

Now Ferdinand has adopted a more flexible policy than in the original history, and has always sent money to the pope, although he has compressed the indulgence business, but sent the money into the pope's pocket, so the relationship between the pope and Spain has always been very good. But Alexander VI did not say anything about conferring the title of Catholic king beforehand.

However, the French invaded, the Italian war broke out, and in 1496 the French were driven out, and the Pope immediately conferred the title of Catholic King on Ferdinand and Queen Isabella - well, it has to be doubted whether it was because Spain was rewarded for conquering the Moors, or because it was bullied by Charles VIII in Rome, so it is better to think of Spain now?

(To be continued)