CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS IN THE MIDDLE AGES

MIDDLE AGES NEWS PAPER

Sed Diam, 22

722 A.D

Battle of Covadonga

Pelayo defeat the muslims!!

Don Pelayo established the Kingdom of Asturias. Later on this became the Kingdom of León. There were other Christian kingdoms too, such as the Kingdoms of Castilla, Navarra and Aragón.

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Kingdoms were constantly changing.

Kingdom of León became part of the Kingdom of Castilla. Kingdom of Portugal appeared. At the end of the 15th century, there were five kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula: the Kingdom of Portugal, the Kingdom of Castilla, the Kingdom of Navarra, the Kingdom of Aragón and the Muslim Kingdom of Granada.

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THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS

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King and lord

Society

Monks and priests

Three groups: the clergy, nobles and peasants.

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Artisans, peasants and soldiers

Languages

Architecture

SOCIETY: divided into 3

CLERGY

NOBLES

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PEASANTS

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The king ruled the country, but the countryside was divided into small areas.

Each area was ruled by a noble who was called the lord.

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Monks and priests

Priests and monks were important members of society. In the monasteries monks copied and translated important books

"Most people were Christians."

SOLDIERS

MILLER

BLACKSMITH

Artisans, peasants and a few trade

Most people were peasants and they lived in the countryside. There weren’t many big cities. Peasants grew crops and raised animals.

Each kingdom had its own language

But all the languages were similar to Latin. Galician, Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan began to develop.

Romanesque architecture

Gothic architectures

Combined aspects of Roman architecture with local styles. Its churches have thick walls, round arches and small windows.

Gothic churches have thinner walls, pointed arches and large windows.

La reconquista

What caused the Reconquista?

• The Christian needed more land for growing crops and raising animals. Also, the population was increasing. • The Christian kings thought the lands of al-Andalus should be ruled by Christians. This was because these lands were ruled by the Christian Visigoths before.

Aſter al-Andalus was divided into small taifa kingdoms in the 11th century, it became weaker. As a result it was easier to conquer these smaller kingdoms.

Balearic Islands

Battle of Navas

Toledo

Cordoba, Sevilla y Granada

Alfonso VI was King of Castilla and León. In 1085 he conquered Toledo from the Muslims

Jaime I was King of Aragón. He conquered the Balearic Islands from the Muslims in 1229 and parts of Valencia in 1244.

In 1212 the Christians won the Battle of Navas de Tolosa in Jaén.

Fernando III was King of Castilla and León. He conquered Córdoba in 1236 and Sevilla in 1248.

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