POLC91H3 Lecture 4: Lecture 4.docx
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Spain, the conquest and colonial rule in latin america. 711: was the beginning of the conquest of spain by the mores, - muslim conquest of. 1252: all but granada (all but one country in spain) liberated. All were liberated from this rule by 1252 but granada. More"s continued to practice their religion; engages in land redistribution. Initially things were fairly prosperous but as time went on life became less tolerable under morish rule. Land concentration, religious toleration declined, the people became less happy and there was a push to get the mores out of this part of the world. Were secretly married in 1469; their marriage unified spain, and in 1492 mores were pushed out of granada and f and i funded columbus" voyage to la where he discovered the americas. F and i became concerned about maintaining their power in opposition to the noble class. Features of medieval spain that impacted on la.