Revolt of the Comuneros
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The Revolt of the Comuneros was an uprising by citizens of Castile against the rule of Charles I and his administration between 1520 and 1521. At its height, the rebels controlled the heart of Castile
Execution of the Comuneros of Castile, by Antonio Gisbert (1860)
San Pablo Church in Valladolid, seat of a Cortes held in 1518. Protests emerged when the Flemish adviser Jean de Sauvage was named its president, presaging later troubles.
A 1516 portrait of King Charles I of Castile and Aragon, later Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, by Bernard van Orley. Charles would rule one of the largest empires in European history—through his father Philip, Burgundy and the Netherlands; through his mother Joanna, Castile, Aragon, and Naples; and through his grandfather Maximilian and his election in 1519 as Holy Roman Emperor, Germany, Austria, and much of Northern Italy.
Toledo, home of the first Comunidad
Battle of Tordesillas (1520)
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The Battle of Tordesillas was an armed conflict fought during the Revolt of the Comuneros, that engaged the royalist forces commanded by the Count of Haro and the comuneros garrison of the Valladolid
View of Tordesillas, site of the battle
Wall of Villabrágima, place occupied by Pedro Girón at the end of November
Portrait of Adrian of Utrecht, thanks to whom on December 5 the nobles decided once and for all to attack Tordesillas