Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The middle ages in the iberian
peninsula - CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS
- 1) THE EVOLUTION OF THE CHRISTIAN
KINGDOMS
- Some Christians resisted the Muslim conquests in
montainous areas in the north. These areas developed into
dependent kingdoms known as the CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS
- Scheme
- Reino de Asturias
- Reino de león
- Condado de castilla
- Reino de navarra
- Reino de Castilla y León
- 951
- 854
- Reino de Pamplona
- Reino de Navarra
- Condado de Aragón
- Reino de Navarra (1004-1035
- Reino de Navarra
- Reino de Aragón y Navarra
- Reino de Aragón
- Reino de Aragón y Navarra
(1076-1134)
- Reino de Navarra
- Reino de Aragón
- Corona de Aragón
- 1137
- Reino de Castilla y León
- Reino de
portugal
- Corona de
Castilla
- Reino de
León
- Reino de
Castilla
- Corona de Aragón
- 1128
- Condados catalanes
- Corona de Aragón
- Historical Periods
- 1) The first Christian kingdoms (722-1035)
- Cantabrian
area
- Kingdom of Asturias >LATER> Kingdom of Leon >LATER>
Unified with Kingdom of Castilla (Kingdom of Castilla y Leon)
- County of Castilla >LATER> Kingdom of Castilla >LATER>
Unified with Kingdom of Leon (Kingdom of Castilla y Leon
- REMEMBER!!!
- 722: Don Pelayo (Visigoth noble) defeated
the Muslims at the battle of Covadonga
- The first christian kingdom was created: Kingdom of Asturias
- Later, one of its counties became intependent: Kingdom of Castilla
- COUNTY / KINGDOM OF CASTILLA
- The Kingdom of Asturias was frequently attacked by the Muslims so they established
several counties to defend the kingdom in which many of them had castles
- 1030
- Castilla was unified with the kingdom of Pamplona. Sancho III el Mayor of
Pamplona and Fernan Gonzalez's granddaughter marriage
- 10th century
- The counties where unified by the count Fernñan Gonzalez (931)
- 1035
- Castilla was inheritied by Fernando I (from his dad,
Sancho III), so it became an independent kingdom
- 1037
- Fernando I defeated the king of León (Bermuno III)
and formed the Kingdom of Castilla y León
- KINGDOM OF ASTURIAS (OR
LEON)
- It was created after the battle
of Covadonga (722) Capital:
Oviedo
- Early 10th century
- The kingdom had expanded until the Duero river. The capital
was moved to León: Kingdom of Asturias >>>>Kingdom of León
- End 10th
century
- Almanzor stopped the
expansion
- Pyrenean area
- Kingdom of Pamplona >LATER> Kingdom of
Navarra
- County of Aragón >LATER> Kingdom of
Aragón
- Catalan
Counties
- REMEMBER!!!
- 732: Charles Martel defeated the
Muslims at the battle of Poitiers
- Beginning of the 9th century: Charlemagne conquered Girona &
Barcelona: Spanish March. The Spanish March was formed by...
- KINGDOM OF
PAMPLONA
- 9th century
- A vascon family gained independence from the muslims (711-799) and
franks (799-810) and established the Kingdom of Pamplona
- 11th century
- The Kingdom was at its peak under Sancho III el Mayor,
who ruled over Pamplona, Aragón and Castilla
- Sancho III died in 1035 and
divided his territory among his
sons:
- Pamplona: García
III
- Castilla:
Fernando I
- Now they become independent
kingdoms
- Aragón:
Ramiro I
- COUNTY / KINGDOM OF
ARAGON
- 9th century
- It was a county under control of the
Franks. It soon became independent
- 10th century
- It was made part of the kingdom of Pamplona
- 1035
- Sancho III died and his son Ramiro I inherited the territories
of Aragon and made it an independent kingdom
- CATALAN COUNTIES
- End 8th century
- The area was conquered by the Franks
and became part of the Spanish March
- End 9th century (878)
- Wifredo el Velloso unified all the Catalan Counties
- End 10th century (988)
- They become independent from the Franks since the Franks didn't
help the count of Barcelona when the city was plundered by Almanzor
- 2) Expansion of the Christian
Kingdoms
- At the end of...
- the 15th century
- Kingdom of Portugal
- 11th century
- it was a county of the Kingdom of Castilla & León (1096)
- 1143
- It became and independent kingdom, when
the count of portugal and the king of Castilla y
León signed the Treaty of Zamora
- Crown of Castilla
- Territorial conquests
- In AL-ANDALUS
- 1085: Toledo by Alfonso VI
- 12th century: Cuenca
- 13th century: after Las Navas de Tolosa (1212)
- Cordoba, Jaen & Sevilla by Fernando III
- Cádiz & Murcia by Alfonso X
- 1492: Nasrid Kingdom of Granada by the Catholic Monarchs
- IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
- Canary Islands, Melilla, America...
- Times
- 11th-12th century
- Castilla & León, that had been unified by Fernando I in
1037, went throught several unifications & divisions
- 1143
- The county of portugal became an
independent kingdom
- 1230
- Fernando III definitely unifies Castilla & León. It
becomes the CROWN OF CASTILLA
- 1479
- Dynastic union of the Crowns of
Castilla (Isabel) & Aragón (Fernando)
- Kingdom of navarra (or Pamplona)
- Territorial conquests
- Navarra wasn't able to expand due to the
expansion of the Crowns of Castilla and Aragon
- Times
- 1035
- Sancho III el Mayor divided it between his sons:
- Pamplona: Garcia III
- Castilla: Fernando I
- Aragón: Ramiro I
- 1512
- Annexed to Spain
- Crown of Aragón
- Times
- 1035
- Aragon became independent
kingdom under Ramiro I
- 1137
- Petronila married Ramón de Berenguer IV.
- Unification of the Kingdom of
Aragón and the Catalan Counties
- CROWN OF ARAGÓN
- 1479
- Dynastic union of the
Crowns of Castilla (Isabel)
& Aragón (Fernando)
- Dynastic union: union of several
kingdoms that are governed by the
same king. However, each kingdom
is independent and keeps its own
institutions and laws
- Territorial conquests
- IN AL-ANDALUS
- 1118: Zaragoza
- 12th century: Lleida by Ramón de Berenguer IV
- 13th century: Mallorca, Valencia by Jaime I
- IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
- Silicy, Sardina, Naples...
- the 16th century (1512)
- Spain
- Portugal
- 2) POLITICAL
INSTITUTIONS
- The Crown of Castilla and the Crown of
Aragon had different political oranizations
- The Monarchy
- Each Christian kingdoms were governed by kings
but the power was different in each territory
- Crown of Castilla
- Unitarian monarchy: territory was a single entity,
all power was centralised in the king. It was
characterised by the principe of authoritarianism
- Crown of Aragon
- The territory was composed by several kingdoms wich had certain
independence. It was characterised by the principle of pactism (the
central government had to reach agreements with the regional
- Government Institutions
- Kings were helped in government by...
- (In the beginning) The Royal Council
> Assembly of nobles & clergy
- (Late 12th Century onwards) The Cortes > assembly
of nobles, clergy & city representatives (burgeoisie)
- 3) REPOPULATION
- Repopulation: occupation of conquered territories
- Different methods of
repopulating the land were used
- Council repopulation
- Between the Duero & the Tajo; Ebro valley
- Characteristics
- Occupied territory was divided into
councils formed by a fortified town
- Since these territories were threatened by
Muslim's attacks, the king gave «fueros» (charters) with
important privileges that moved to this areas
- Repopulation by military orders
- Between the Tajo & Sierra
Morena; Valleys of Turia & Jucar
- Characteristics
- Used in dangerous scarely populated frontier areas
- Dependent on military orders composed of warriormonks,
that in exchange received large manors called maestrazgos
- Repopulation by distribution
- Guadalquivir valley; Murcia;
Levante; Balearic Islands
- Characteristics
- Land was distributed according
to the contribution made to the
conquest of the territory:
- Nobles received large territories (latifundia)
- Peasants received small portions of land