Course 7: The origins of the Christian Kingdoms

Question 1

what were the four main kingdoms what will eventually dominate the IP?

Answer 1

kingodm of portugal and of navarre, crown of castile and of aragon

Question 2

will the main kingdoms emerge from two different multicultural areas?

Answer 2

yes

Question 3

where will the kingdom os Asturias emerge to?

Answer 3

in the north

Question 4

where will the carolingian hispanic march emerge to?

Answer 4

in the north-east

Question 5

who founded the kingdom of asturias?

Answer 5

Don Pelayo

Question 6

where did the kingdom of asturias establish?

Answer 6

in the Cantabrian Mountains

Question 7

what battle lead to the muslim army to be defeated?

Answer 7

battle of covadonga

Question 8

what caused the kingdom to be firmly established?

Answer 8

king alfonso

Question 9

didn’t the kingdom of asturias become the kingdom of Leon?

Answer 9

yes

Question 10

what is the carolingian marca hispanica?

Answer 10

franks conquering north-eastern territory of the visigothic kingdom

Question 11

what was the objective of the carolingian marca hispanica?

Answer 11

the carolingian empire established the marca hispanica as a buffer zone between the empire and al-Andalus

Question 12

what was the political/cultural multipicity of the carolingian marca hispanica about?

Answer 12

multiplicity of local lordships or counts under frankish rule

Question 13

the lordships/counties are going to coalesce into?

Answer 13

three larger territorial units

Question 14

what are the three larger territorial units?

Answer 14

kingdom of pamplona, of aragon and the catalan counties

Question 15

what was the reconquista concept liked to?

Answer 15

idea of the political unity of spain under a catholic monarchy going back to the visigoths

Question 16

was there a anti-muslim sentiment?

Answer 16

not really, a lot less common than previously

Question 17

weren’t the christian and muslim rules fighting with each other and among themselves?

Answer 17

yes

Question 18

what does cid mean?

Answer 18

the lord

Question 19

who served both christian and muslim rules?

Answer 19

el cid

Question 20

what started the idea of a holy war against the christian/muslim enemy in the IP?

Answer 20

the almoravid/almohad invasion on the muslim side

Question 21

was the reconquista a political priority for castile or aragon?

Answer 21

no

Question 22

were the foreign fighters far more ideologized and radical than christians and muslims living in the IP?

Answer 22

yes

Question 23

who are the moriscos?

Answer 23

the converted population of muslim origin

Question 24

were the moricos expelled from Spain?

Answer 24

yes

Question 25

what did the expulsion of the moriscos mark?

Answer 25

the end of the influence of direct muslim culture in the IP

Question 26

will don pelayo play a fundamental role in the historical and political imagination of the spanish nation?

Answer 26

yes

Question 27

were the relations between the christians and al-andalus always hostile?

Answer 27

no, they had political alliances between the two

Question 28

what was the visigothic kingdom reborn?

Answer 28

asturias

Question 29

at what time did the almoravid assault on christian iberia take place?

Answer 29

when the nobility was beginning to be persuaded by church leadesr

Question 30

who led a number of expeditions against the christian states?

Answer 30

the almohad caliphs

Question 31

what did the collapse of islamic authority in southern spain do for the muslims?

Answer 31

gave a rise to a modd of soul-searching and despair

Question 32

was the almost complete demise of islamic power in iberia brought by a complex web of political, military, social and economic factors?

Answer 32

yes

Question 33

the reconquest of spain started a multifaceted war with christians and jews on both sides?

Answer 33

no, it was christians and muslims

Question 34

who was alfonso and what did he dream of?

Answer 34

a christian king who dreamed of uniting spain and conquering the islamic south

Question 35

who made seville their capital?

Answer 35

the almohads

Question 36

what did ferdinand and isabella do to the kingdom?

Answer 36

create a pure christian jerusalem within spain itself