With the unification and the Catholic Monarchs reign, Avila like all Castile, reached a prosperity stage, although it underwent serious consequences of political character, such as the expulsion of the Jewish community in 1492, of great demographic and economic importance.
This city was the witness of the birth, education, conversion and the reforming and writing work of St Teresa de Jesús. Avila, that had initiated its demographic decay with the expulsion of the Jews, held the naming of Capital of the Court of Madrid, which at that moment brought natural attraction and happiness to the city’s nobles, as well as the expulsion of the Moriscos.