Social 9 Flashcards
who was maimonides
Maimonides was a great Jewish thinker who wrote books on medicine, religion, and philosophy.
who was Ibn Rushd
Ibn Rushd (Averroes) was a Muslim philosopher born in Spain. He wrote books about the works of classical Greek philosophers.
christopher columbus
was an explorer, he set out from Spain in 1492 and landed in the Americas.
what is a caliphate
territory ruled/ controlled by muslims
what does the date 711 mean
when the reconquesta started
what does the date 1492 mean and how long did it take to take over all of spain and granada
year Columbus left for gold, and when the christians conquered the land , 400years, 10years
hidalgos
a large class of lower nobles called hidalgos
El Cid
was a complex character in medieval Spain. A Christian knight who sometimes fought on the Muslim side, he became revered as Spain’s national hero. (was a skilled solider, a conquistador and made up code of shilvery
conquistadors
the word that the spanish used to describe the leader of an expedition to colonize other lands
The Spanish Reconquista
This is was the “reconquest” of Spain by Christian forces over the Muslims.
It began as a way for Christian kingdoms to expand their power and influence. It was a war based on religious differences.
During the Reconquista the Spanish developed a new way of fighting (they grouped large numbers of soldiers, all using the same weapon, into tight formations that were difficult to overrun.
spanish inquisition
after the reconquista, the roman catholic faith was considered the only true faith in spain. isabella and ferdinand believed that the country would be untied only if everyone followed one religion
and a court to judge if a person was christian or not was created
spanish inquisition
If the court found an individual guilty, punishment could include confinement to dungeons, torture, or death.
Eventually, all Jews and Muslims, including those who had converted to Roman Catholicism, were expelled from Spain even though many of their families had lived in Spain for 700 years.
expulsion of jews from spain
The King gave them three months time in which to leave. They had houses, fields, vineyards, and cattle, and most of them were artisans. They sold their houses, their landed estates, and their cattle for very small prices, to save
themselves. The King did not allow them to carry silver and gold out of his country, so that they were compelled to exchange their silver and gold for merchandise of cloths
and skins and other things.
who was the ruler of aragon and castile
a- king ferdinand
c- queen isabella
who was the ruler of aragon and castile and the catholic monarchs
a- king ferdinand
c- queen isabella
m- isabella and ferdinand
