It was weakened by internal political dissensions. The Emirate of Granada this name had been introduced under Nasrid Ruler Muhammed in 1338 served as a refuge for Muslims fleeing during the Reconquista and for more than two centuries it remained as a tributary state of Castile one of the most powerful Christian kingdoms.! 1!Ģ Since the beginning of the 15 th century the Emirate of Granada had to make more and more concessions. Granada included major cities like Málaga, Almería and Marbella. Just one state in the southern tip of the Peninsula, sheltered by the high mountains of the Sierra Nevada, had resisted the Reconquista and remained in Muslim hands Granada. In the middle of the 13 th century, after the major cities of Toledo, Cordoba and Seville had been reconquered, almost the entire Iberian Peninsula was in the hands of Christians. After a first significant victory of the Christians over the Muslim Moors in 722 in Covadonga/Asturia, one by one Muslim states fell to Christian kingdoms attacking from the North. Soon after the Islamic conquest, the Christian kingdoms began to regain control of the peninsula and the Reconquista began. Within some years most of the Iberian Peninsula was under Muslim control Al-Andalus, Moorish Spain, had been established. In 711 Berber troops from the north of Africa crossed the Strait of Gibraltar between Marocco and Spain, intruded into the Iberian Peninsula, ready and willing to conquer it completely. To understand the events of 1492, one may examine important previous events dating back to the 8 th century. In this year, King Ferdinand II of Aragón and Queen Isabella of Castile conquered the Emirate of Granada the last Muslim stronghold on the Iberian Peninsula and completed the Spanish reconquest, the Reconquista Columbus set out to discover the New World a Spanish scholar, Antonio de Nebrija, published the first book about Castilian grammar and inquisition and expulsion of Spanish Jews occurred according to the concept of Spain s national and religious unity. Christiane Wiesenfeldt Sommersemester the Spanish Reconquista reflected by the Cancionero Musical de Palacio 1492 probably one of the most significant years in Spain s history, in Granada s history. Transcultural Music Studies Institut für Musikwissenschaft Weimar-Jena Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar Seminar: Soundscape in Renaissance Granada Dozentin: Prof.
1 Nora Paulus Matrikelnummer: Fachsemester M.A.
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