Themes for today:
Tolerance and intolerance
Conflict and collaboration
Late 7th/early 8th c. Muslim conquest ofNorth Africa
Berbers
711-16 Muslim conquest of Iberia
Visigoths
Map Link: The Muslim Conquests:
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756-1031 Umayyad state at Cordoba
929 ‘Abd al-Rahman III (r. 912-61) takestitle of caliph
Map Link: Spain, 910-1492:
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1085 Christians take Toledo
al-murabitun (Almoravids)
c. 1090-c. 1140 Almoravid Empire
c. 1140-1275 Caliphate of al-muwahhidun(the Almohads)
1212 Christian Victory at Las Navas de Tolosa
1228 Nasrids establish selves at Granada
Marinids (r. 1268-1465) of Morocco
Alhambra Palace (bt. 1333-91)
al-hamra’ = “the red”
Palace of the Lions (bt. 1362-91)
1469 Marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon(1452-1516) and Isabella of Castile(1457-1504)
1479 Ferdinand and Isabella become king andqueen of united Aragon-Castile
1492 Abu ‘Abd Allah (Boabdil) surrendersGranada
mudejars (mudajjan = “permitted to remain”/“put to use”)
The Alcazar, built by King Pedro the Cruel ofCastile (r. 1350-69) in 1360-64
1478 Creation of Spanish Inquisition
Conversos (Jewish converts to Christianity)
1492 Expulsion of Jews from Iberia
Moriscos (Muslim converts to Christianity)
1568-70 Morisco rebellion in Iberia
1609-14 Expulsion of Moriscos from Iberia
15th-16th c. Portuguese and Spanish try totake control of N. African coast
Pirates employed by Muslim rulers = corsairs
Late 16th c. Ottomans take control of mostof N. African coast, employing corsairs
16th-18th c. Corsairs pose ongoing threat toEuropean shipping
Christian renegades – prospects for advancement
Potential importance of religion…
…when people choose to make it so…
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