Philip II's Effect On A Place Of Rule In Spain

In the early 16th and seventeenth century various absolute monarchs had positive and negative effects on their place of rule in europe. Philip II of spain, son of Charles XI,an absolute monarch of Spain brought to power by the divine right ( when someone states god gave them the right to do something.) Philip II a superstitious king who ruled Spain ultimately affects the country negatively .
In the year 1527 Philip II of Spain is born, son of Charles the fifth (the current king of Spain at that time) and mothered by Isabella of Britannica and Portugal. As a child Philip traveled around the world a lot with his parents. Spending much of his childhood in Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. As any father is influential to his son, this held
This not only benefited Spain but benefited himself. All of this silver and gold in Spain for a short period of time made Spain the wealthiest country in Europe. Philip also made a policy where some of the gold and silver went directly to him helping out his personal wealth greatly. Philip transformed his country from good to great. But sadly, at least for Philip not all good things last. These huge sums of gold and silver in Spain severely messed up the inflation. This made the Spanish currency worth almost nothing because of how much there was. This greatly messed up Spain's economic system, and it was no easy job to fix. If this wasn't enough of a problem for Philip already. He made it worse by not only ruining Spain's economy, but ruining Spain's image. When Philip stumbled along all this gold in the South American colonies, there were already people settled the Native Americans. Philip did not care about these people all he wanted was there riches, he obtained these through the document he wrote called the Encomiendas. He states in this document that it is alright that they obtain the Native Americans riches because God said it was okay for him to do so, mainly because the Native Americans were not Christian and didn't believe in the God Philip believed in himself. He had no religious tolerance. Philip took it so far not only to the extent of taking their riches, but enslaving their people. His harsh policies cost many Native Americans their freedom, and for some their lives. He took his country from a image of average to a very powerful wealthy appearance, yet brutal and unintellegent. During Philip II rule he changed Spain's image