Juana was surely a strong woman (I never thinked she would be a submissive bride) but still will be much easier to control than Isabella so a man like Ferdinand would be likely able to get almost everything he wished from her

Easier to control, maybe. But as I said, she seems to have an opinion of herself (I think she might have a lot in common personality wise with Elizabeth I - mom's accused of adultery, rumored to be a bastard, playing hokey-pokey with her position in line to the throne). I don't say she'd necessarily be as intelligent as Liz was (Hell, most sources don't seem to tell us much with regards to what sort of education Juana got. Although I could imagine that as heiress to the throne/king's only child it may have been of a better quality than Isabel's was.
 
Am I wrong in thinking that the biggest change is possibly going to be religious. If Juana's personality is as different from Isabel's as I think it was, someone such as Torquemada might not make it to her personal confessor (I mean, if Juana's arrogance is anything to go by, his OTL act of throwing his crucifix at the queen and striking her on the head when the Jews were begging to be allowed to stay in Spain would probably be seen as assault of the monarch by a subject who has forgotten his place rather than a dedicated cleric).
 
Am I wrong in thinking that the biggest change is possibly going to be religious. If Juana's personality is as different from Isabel's as I think it was, someone such as Torquemada might not make it to her personal confessor (I mean, if Juana's arrogance is anything to go by, his OTL act of throwing his crucifix at the queen and striking her on the head when the Jews were begging to be allowed to stay in Spain would probably be seen as assault of the monarch by a subject who has forgotten his place rather than a dedicated cleric).

That seems about right although you can't underestimate that, depending on how Juana gets the throne, she might turn uber religious in the belief that God's grace let her reign and thus she's God's servant (or something of that ilk).

However, I don't believe she will be as religious as Isabel simply because, unlike her aunt, she wasn't as emotionally invested in the clergy. Isabel's major influences before ascending to the throne were mainly clergy (both those that raised her and the Archbishop of Toledo who was a diehard supporter of Alfonso and Isabel) and she probably felt obligated to the Church/God for her rise to the throne. Most of Isabel's defining moments, such as reconciling with Enrique after Alfonso's death or getting out of marriage to one of Enrique's buddies when the groom abruptly dropped dead, came after long hours of prayer and thus made Isabel believe religion/prayer would ultimately save the day and thus needed to be respected.
 
That seems about right although you can't underestimate that, depending on how Juana gets the throne, she might turn uber religious in the belief that God's grace let her reign and thus she's God's servant (or something of that ilk).

However, I don't believe she will be as religious as Isabel simply because, unlike her aunt, she wasn't as emotionally invested in the clergy. Isabel's major influences before ascending to the throne were mainly clergy (both those that raised her and the Archbishop of Toledo who was a diehard supporter of Alfonso and Isabel) and she probably felt obligated to the Church/God for her rise to the throne. Most of Isabel's defining moments, such as reconciling with Enrique after Alfonso's death or getting out of marriage to one of Enrique's buddies when the groom abruptly dropped dead, came after long hours of prayer and thus made Isabel believe religion/prayer would ultimately save the day and thus needed to be respected.

I think religion (or at least clerics) might have a somewhat bitter taste in Juana's mouth. After all, it was that same archbishop who is the first credited source of her bastardy, it is that same archbishop who deposed her father at Avila, it was a council of churchmen (presided over by the marquis of Villena) that declared her father impotent and her a bastard; it is a cleric who served as her mother's gaoler. So, while in Isabel's eyes, religion might have been seen as the thing to save the day, to Juana, religion/clerics have never done anything but hurt her or her father/mother... I don't say she'd be atheist or agnostic or Muslim or whatever, I just think she's not gonna hold it in high regard. (And I'm speaking as someone who has seen the damage that the church/clergy can do. Because of an incident between his mother and the local vicar that he witnessed when he was five/six years old (there were further incidents (concerning the baptism of his newborn sister and his own confirmation) when he was 11 and 18) my grandfather HATED the church and all it stood for until the Christmas before he died 73 years later (where he chewed out one of his grandsons who was going into the Church over Christmas lunch with the demand of "how CAN you join THEM?").)
 
I think religion (or at least clerics) might have a somewhat bitter taste in Juana's mouth. After all, it was that same archbishop who is the first credited source of her bastardy, it is that same archbishop who deposed her father at Avila, it was a council of churchmen (presided over by the marquis of Villena) that declared her father impotent and her a bastard; it is a cleric who served as her mother's gaoler. So, while in Isabel's eyes, religion might have been seen as the thing to save the day, to Juana, religion/clerics have never done anything but hurt her or her father/mother... I don't say she'd be atheist or agnostic or Muslim or whatever, I just think she's not gonna hold it in high regard. (And I'm speaking as someone who has seen the damage that the church/clergy can do. Because of an incident between his mother and the local vicar that he witnessed when he was five/six years old (there were further incidents (concerning the baptism of his newborn sister and his own confirmation) when he was 11 and 18) my grandfather HATED the church and all it stood for until the Christmas before he died 73 years later (where he chewed out one of his grandsons who was going into the Church over Christmas lunch with the demand of "how CAN you join THEM?").)

Oh, I agree, I was just using Isabel's emotional investment in the clergy (and Juana's lack of it) as a reason Juana will probably be less gung-ho about the clergy then her aunt IOTL. I think she might be very invested in service to God (if she sees the divine as a reason for her win) but I don't think it would extend to the clergy.

For example, she might visit/endow a lot of holy pilgrimage sights or churches because she sees it as thanks to God favoring her in the conflict for the throne, but she's not going to let the clergy (in some cases literally) bash her around because of their positions. Her devotion will be more to the beliefs and spiritual figures of Catholicism rather than the temporal structure of the Church, where her service might be the bare minimum not to be excommunicated/seen as a religious leper.

(Also I'm not going to ask for more detail about what happened between your family and the vicar, as it's none of my business, but I'm very sorry it happened and that it (understandably) left such an emotional scar for your grandfather).
 
Oh, I agree, I was just using Isabel's emotional investment in the clergy (and Juana's lack of it) as a reason Juana will probably be less gung-ho about the clergy then her aunt IOTL. I think she might be very invested in service to God (if she sees the divine as a reason for her win) but I don't think it would extend to the clergy.

For example, she might visit/endow a lot of holy pilgrimage sights or churches because she sees it as thanks to God favoring her in the conflict for the throne, but she's not going to let the clergy (in some cases literally) bash her around because of their positions. Her devotion will be more to the beliefs and spiritual figures of Catholicism rather than the temporal structure of the Church, where her service might be the bare minimum not to be excommunicated/seen as a religious leper.

I agree with you on that. I mean Isabel could be seen more in the light of Margaret Beaufort (pious and pitiless) or her granddaughter, Mary (who saw her accession to the throne as God's vindication and tried to repay him in kind by forcing Catholicism down England's throat). I don't say Elizabeth or any other Tudor was much better in this regard, I mean Liz's recitation of the psalm "it is the Lord's doing and it is marvellous in our eyes" when hearing of Mary's death, might've put even some Marian Protestants off as being out of place.

I like your idea of Juana being devoted more to God than the church. I asked this in another thread, but were there any other religious orders in Spain at the time besides Dominicans and Franciscans? i.e. Augustinians and Benedictines? No offense, but I could see both of those orders' scholarly work and labour (schools and Catechism for the conversos, and perhaps teaching farming r artisanal skills to those who otherwise would only focus on sheep farming) being more profitable than the rabid Dominicans or open palmed Franciscans.

Also I'm not going to ask for more detail about what happened between your family and the vicar, as it's none of my business, but I'm very sorry it happened and that it (understandably) left such an emotional scar for your grandfather).

Thanks for understanding. When I mentioned it to my local vicar (after my grandfather died) he turned the whole thing into a joke and made as though the man was overreacting. But then again, said vicar has preached a sermon comparing Old and New Testaments to a girl's cup-sizes. So I'm not sure what I was expecting.
 
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