MDV 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Tariq Ibn Ziyad, Fourth Council Of The Lateran, Vincent Ferrer
12 Oct 2016
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10/06/16 (8) the spanish inquisition and its procedures. The specificity of spain and portugal in europe. 711: north african berber invasion of visigothic hispania under tariq ibn ziyad for the. 722: beginning of reconquest of spain and portugal. Over the centuries, all of spain became christian again. January 2, 1492: taking of granada and the end of the nazari kingdom of granada by the catholic kings ferdinand and isabella and all of spain became christian. The idea was to expel the great menace" of islam from what was supposed to be christian territory. The two kingdoms that made up spain were considered independent until later on. There were no ghettos in medieval spain. The word ghetto" is a much later phenomenon that came up in venice when jews were enclosed in a space away from society. In medieval spain, they lived in comunas or aljamas where they were not walled in and could still mingle with christians.
