THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS

We have been talking about: VISIGOTHS and about AL ANDALUS.  We are going to review how are you learning with a THINKING ROUTINE: THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS. Just to remind you:

• GREEN: what you have already learnt.
• ORANGE: what you are trying to improve or going deeper.
• RED: what you haven't learn at all. 

Let's have a look about a famous Spanish TV serie, at the end of the video you will answer some questions:

• Who were the kings when they got Granada?
• Were there any kind of war or battle?

THE CHRISTIAN RECONQUEST

Around year 1000 Al Andalus weakened and broke up into TAIFA.

Christian Kingdoms expanded.

The Christian Reconques was completed in 1492, when the Caholic Monarchs conquered Granada. 

THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS

Around 1230 the Christian Territory was divided into:

• The Kingdom of Navarre included Navarre and part of la Rioja.
• The Crown of Aragon included the Kingdom of Aragon, Valencia and Majorca with the Catalonian Counties.
• The Crown of Castile included the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Leon. Later will include Andalusia.
• Portugal was an independent kingdom.

In 1479 Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, married and united the Crown of Aragon and Castile. They were known as Catholic Monarchs.

THE KINGDOM OF GRANADA.

It was the last Taifa Kingdom 

(Granada, Malaga and Almeria)

It was weakened by internal disputes. Finally it was conquered by the Catholic Monarchs. 

The Christian Kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula.

We will continue learning about how things happened in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. Remember first were the Visigoths then the peninsula was invaded by the Muslims, and now we are going to learn how the Christians reconquested The Iberian Peninsula.

This video will show you how everything took place.

THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS.

• The long period of expansion of the Christian kingdoms started only eleven years after the Muslins invasion. It is called RECONQUEST.

• By around 1230, there were FOUR LARGE KINGDOMS:
• KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL, it was independent from Leon.
• KINGDOM OF NAVARRE, Navarra and La Rioja.
• CROWN OF ARAGON: Catalonia Counties, Kingdom of Aragon, Valencia and Majorca.
• CROWN OF CASTILE: Includes the Kind of of Castille and the Kindom of Leon. Later it included Al Anlandalus. 

• In 1479, Isabella I of Castille married Ferdinand II of Aragon, and the Crown of Aragon and the Crown of Castile were united. 

 

MEDIEVAL SOCIETY:

There were three groups of people:

• NOBLES: they were rich and they were the owners of the land.

• CLERGY: They were monks, bishops and priests.

• PEASANTS: It was the biggest group, they cultivated the land. 

CULTURAL HERITAGE.

• In the 12th Century were founded the first universities. The first one was the University of Palencia.

• In the early Middle Ages, churches were built in Romanesque Style: thick walls and small windows. 

• After the 13th Century, palaces and cathedrals were built in Gothic Style. They had pinted arches and large stained-glass windows. 

LET'S DO THE QUIZZ AND REVIEW ALL YOU HAVE LEARNT.