VISIGOTHS

CHRISTIANS

MUSLIMS

MIDDLES AGES

• WHEN DID THE MIDDLE AGES BEGIN?• WHEN DID THE MIDDLES AGES END?• WHAT EVENT MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE MIDDLE

AGES?• WHAT EVENT MARKS THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES?• WHAT CIVILISATIONS EXISTED IN SPAIN IN THE MIDDLE

AGES?• WHAT RELIGIONS EXISTED IN SPAIN IN THE MIDDLE

AGES?

TOLEDO

VISIGOTHIC KINGDOM: 476 a.d.-711 a.d.

CONVERTED TO CATHOLICISM

THE KING

NOBLES

PEASANTS

MUSLIMS

CALIPH (califa)(the king/emperor)

EMIR (emir)(Noble/ruler (gobernante/general)

CALIPH OF DAMASCUS

EMIR

EMIR

EMIR

MUSLIMS: in a.d. 711

Caliph of Damascus

In 756: Abd al-Rahman I…

Depended on

Emirate of Córdoba

Caliph of Damascus

In a.d. 929: Abd al-Rahman III…

INDEPENDENT

He proclaimed himself Caliph and established the Caliphate of Córdoba

SOCIETY

zoco

medina alcazaba

alcázar

mosque

City wall

MEDINA (CARFTSPEOPLE LIVE AND WORK)

ZOCO (MARKET PLACE)

MOSQUE (MUSLIMS PRAY)

CÓRDOBA

ALCAZABA (FORT)

GRANADA

ALCÁZAR (PALACE)

SEVILLA

CHRISTIANS

THE RECONQUISTA. 1º Stage In AD 722, don Pelayo, ruler of the Kingdom of Asturias defeated the Muslim army at the Battle of Covadonga.

Don Pelayo

THE RECONQUISTA. 2º Stage

In the 11th century, Al-Andalus was divided

into small states called taifas (they where always in conflict).

Taifas‘ states

Christians were also divided in different kingdoms.

In 1085, Alfonso VI, King of Castilla, conquered Toledo.

THE RECONQUISTA. 3º Stage

The kingdoms of Aragon, Castilla, Navarra and Portugal defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.

1º. Soon, Fernando III (king of Castilla) conquered Sevilla, and Cordoba.

2º. At the same time, Jaime I (king of Aragón) conquered Valencia and Balearic Islands.

THE RECONQUISTA. 4º Stage

In 1469, king Fernando II of Aragón and queen Isabel I of Castilla married and united their two kingdoms creating an Powerful Christian kingdom.

In 1492, the Christians finally conquered the Kingdom of Granada.

Catholic monarchs (Reyes Católicos)

FEUDALISM

FIEF