Iberia: before 1492 (October 2, 1997)
Iberia: before 1492 Outline of lecture
Iberia, 1490. 5 independent kingdoms: Castille Portugal Aragon Granada Navarre
Diversity: geographic, ethnic, and political
Jews in special clothing imposed under the law (until complete expulsion in 1492)
Reconquest, a mentality of expansion:
Santiago fighting against the Moors, the conviction that God is fighting on the side of the Castilians
Ferdinand (king of Aragon, and Sicily, 1469) and Isabella (queen of Castille, 1474) at the birth of their daughter Juana
Antonio de Nebrija’s Grammatica [Grammar of the Spanish Language], 1550 [1492]
Society:
A Spanish nobleman: “also by means of charity one may earn one’s way to heaven.”
90% of pop. were commoners. Wool was the mainstay of the Castillan economy (Libros de horas, 15th century)
Town: the focus of Iberian society (Aranda de Duero, Castilla la Vieja, beginning of 16th century)
The Holy Office of the Inquisition dealt with heretics, including ~60,000 Jews reconciled by grace (-1492), but 6-10,000 condemned to death
Maritime expansion:
The world as known by Europeans, 1439
The Virgin of the Mariners protects Mediterranean galleys as well as the Atlantic caravels that gather in Seville
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