HIST 380 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Landlocked Country, Alfonso X Of Castile, Partible Inheritance
18 Oct 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Juan de sol rzano pereira made two books about why the. Spaniards had a right to fight over america. The main argument was that the pope granted spain and. El cid and the wicked queen: categorizing iberians. The crowning achievement of spain in 1492 was the acquisition of the muslim kingdom of granada. Spain had been conquering various parts of iberia for centuries and granada was the last piece. Castile was important because it was a landlocked country. Castilians fought on behalf of their king for booty, land, tribute paying subjects (slaves) and higher social rank. Castilians believed that cleansing iberia of non-christians was a sacred duty. El cid was one of the most famous castilians fighting to remove non-christians. King ferdinand of aragon combined his kingdom into his wife queen isabella of castile"s after castile claimed. Granada, their population hitting 4. 5 million, in 1479.
