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Spain: The Reconquista ss28

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Spain: The Reconquista ss28

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    1. Spain: The Reconquista (ss28) Back to: World in Threes map

    2. Muslims Spread in the 700s Recall, Muslims overran Spain and made it all the way up to Tours, in France Battle of Tours, 732 CE Franks (under Charles “The Hammer” Martel) win

    3. Spain: The Reconquista (ss28) For most of Middle Ages, Spain is controlled by Muslims Muslims were accepting of other religions Christian Kingdoms existed in Spain – and fought amongst each other

    4. Spain: The Reconquista (ss28) Crusades: As part of the Crusades, Popes would regularly urge Christians to reclaim Spain It never worked

    5. Feudalism in Spain Feudalism not a big deal in Spain (Islam forbade it) More feudalism in the north, less in south No huge need for defense against invaders Senor system: a farmer could abandon his lord to protect himself (no real serfs). Trade and Scholarship never really dead under Islam Catholic ideas that enforced feudalism not in place.

    6. Spain: The Reconquista (ss28) Starting in the 1200s, internal conflict within the Muslim Caliphate of Cordoba fractured that part of Spain. In 1469 the rulers of Castile and Aragon marry: Isabella and Ferdinand, uniting Christian Spain.

    7. Picture the Reconquista as one of those wide brooms that gradually sweeps the Muslims down to the point at the bottom (Gibralter)

    8. Spain Conquers and Unites United under a banner of Christianity Last Muslims expelled in 1492. Re-emergence of the inquisition Not just against heretics, but against all non-christian Isabella: “One King, One Law, One Faith!” Expulsion of Jews

    9. Spanish Nationalism The idea of Spain was: “One King, One Law, One Faith!” Spain united around: Strong central leaders A united law (the catholic laws) Christianity – While the rest of Europe is questioning Catholicism, Spain embraces it completely.

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