Analyzing the background of the Portuguese Restoration, where did the Catherine wedding celebration in Bragança begin?
Portugal is an independent country that officially joined the Spanish Empire in 1515, but in 1522 Portugal broke away from Spanish rule.
At that time, Portugal was a country between Spain and France, and it was also the smallest country in the world.
But in 1521, Portugal took advantage of the chaos to break away from Spanish rule. The king of Portugal at this time was Maria, who was originally French and later married to the king of Portugal.
Before she married the king, both her father and husband had been persecuted by the Spaniards, so she had a deep hatred for the Spaniards. After she married the king, the two took revenge on Spain.
A major event occurred between 1522 and 1533 when the King of Portugal was declared restored.
I. The reasons for the restoration of Portugal
After Portugal's independence, Spain also sent emissaries to Portugal and asked Portugal to join Spain against France.
However, Portugal did not accede to Spain's demands, so Spain continued its attack on Portugal. Later, after the failure of the Spanish attack on France, it gave up its plan to attack Portugal, so Portugal gained a respite.
During this period, Spanish forces also invaded Portuguese territory several times, but they were all repulsed by the Portuguese. This also led Portugal to hold a grudge against the Spaniards, believing that the Spaniards had taken their country.
This, coupled with the fact that Spain also colonized their country at the time, made Portugal hold a grudge against the Spaniards. Coupled with some contradictions between the King of Portugal and France, there was a contradiction between the two countries.
Second, the origin of Catherine's wedding celebration
After the restoration of the Portuguese king, his daughter Catherine married his son, which caused a great sensation at the time.
At the wedding, Catherine's father demanded that her brother and brother wear fancy clothes and that they kneel down to kowtow to themselves.
But at the wedding, Catherine did not do this, but walked up to her mother herself and kowtowed to her. From this story, it can be seen that Catherine is a person with independent thoughts and her own ideas.
Portugal was restored in 1533
In 1533, Spanish troops invaded Portugal, but the Portuguese people resisted and eventually drove the Spanish army out of Portugal.
At this time the Spanish army was no longer strong enough to rule the whole country, so they began to turn in a new direction - religion.
Spain has its own churches in various European countries, while in Portugal there is only one Catholic church. The Spaniards' aim was therefore to bring Catholicism back to Portugal, but also to change the Portuguese perception of religion.
On September 6, 1533, Spanish troops occupied Bragança. The next night, King Mary of Portugal held a meeting in the palace. At the meeting, Mary announced: "I have restored the rights of king, I will inherit the throne of my father and husband and lead Portugal into the future!" ”
IV. Summary
Catherine's wedding celebration was determined by the needs of Portugal after the Restoration and Catherine's own religious beliefs, but in Europe at that time, religious beliefs could not be used as a basis for a country to rule, so the wedding celebrations of Catherine and the Portuguese king became the main reason for the political, economic, religious and cultural development of Portugal after the Restoration.
