Unit 12

THE MIDDLE AGES

476 AD The Romans left spain.

711 AD Muslims invaded Spain.

1492 AD Christians conquered Granada

VISIGOTHS MUSLIMS CHRISITIANS

They were from the north of Europe.

They invaded Visigoth Spain in 711AD.They practised a new religion called Islam.

The Reconquista of Spain began in 1100.In 1492 they conquered Granada

They controlled Spain for more than two hundred years.They started in 503AD

They called the territory Al- Andalus.It was divided into small independent kingdoms called Taifas.

There were four kingdoms:oAragónoCastillaoNavarra oPortugal.

Their capital was Toledo Their capital was Córdoba.Their last city was Granada

The society consisted of a king, nobles and peasants.

They controlled Spain for more than seven hundred years.

They held councils.They lived i the countryside.They were excellentmetal workers

It is a palace It is a fort

It is a market place

It´s a mosque

It protected

A city in Al - Andalus

medina

The craftworkers lived

Navarra

Portugal

Granada

Castilla

Aragón

Christian territory

Muslim territory

The unification of Spain.When King Fernando II of Aragón and Queen Isabel I of castilla married in

1469, they united their two kingdoms and made one large and powerful

Christian kingdom.

Muslim legacy New crops: aubergines and rice.

Paper, compass and Arabic numerals (zero).

Beautiful buildings: Alhambra in Granada and mezquita in Córdoba.

Improvements in medicine, astronomy and mathematics.

They built libraries ans established universities.

king

nobles

knights

clergy

Peasants/serfs

FEUDALISM

FEUDALISMFeudalism was the name for the social organisation during the Middle

Ages.

•The King ruled the country.

•A noble was loyal to the king.

•A knight fought in the noble´s army.

• The clergy lived in monasteries and convents. The peasants

paid them. They prayed, studied and copied the ancients books

by hands.

• The peasants worked on the land. Most of them were serfs,

they weren´t free people.

Town hall

cathedral

walls

Main square

gateway

Medie

val

city

walls