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Explain the reasons why religious uniformity was so important to the Catholic Kings Religion had the greatest potential to be a unifying force in Spain in the 1400s. Up to the time that Ferdinand and Isabella had succeeded the respective thrones, Castile and Aragon had existed as two separate Crowns with different languages, coinages, administrative systems, and which had evolved very differently in terms of culture and mentality. There was thus little common ground between Aragon and Castile on which Ferdinand and Isabella could have founded a union. Moreover, it is precisely due to the distinct difference between the two kingdoms that the two monarchs could not have announced a political union, or implement any national policies, especially in the early stages of their reign, when their thrones had just been secured, without compromising or undermining the unique identity of either kingdom. Catholicism, however, was something common to both kingdoms and...

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