Spain in the Middle Ages

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|- ! style="padding: 0 5px 0 5px; background-color: #ccccff;" | History of Spain series |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Prehistoric Spain |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Roman Spain |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Medieval Spain |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | - Visigoths |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | - Al-Andalus |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | - Age of Reconquest |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Age of Expansion |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Age of Enlightenment |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Reaction and Revolution |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | First Spanish Republic |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | The Restoration |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Second Spanish Republic |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Spanish Civil War |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Spain under Franco |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Transition to Democracy |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Modern Spain |- ! style="padding: 0 5px 0 5px; background-color: #ccccff;" | Topics |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Economic History |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Military History |- | style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px 0 5px;" | Social History |} After the disorders of the passage of the Vandals and Alans down the Mediterranean coast of Hispania from 409, the history of Medieval Spain begins with the Iberian kingdom of the Arianism Visigoths (507–711), who were converted to Catholicism with their king Reccared in 587. Visigothic culture in Spain can be seen as a phenomenon of Late Antiquity as much as part of the Age of Migrations. The Moorish conquest, completed in the decade after 711, forms a more decisive cultural break with the Roman past. The Middle Ages in Spain are often said to end in 1492 with the final acts of the Reconquista in the capitulation of Granada and the expulsion of the Jews. Early Modern Spain was first united as an institution in the reign of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor as Carlos I of Spain. See the relevant section of History of Spain. For Early Medieval Spain, see: Hispania Baetica, and to a lesser extent the other Roman provinces, Hispania Tarraconensis and Lusitania. Vandals Alans, confederates of the Vandals Suevi in northern Hispania, 411–585 Basques Visigoths: cultural developments can be followed in the careers of the major Visigothic kings: *Amalaric *Athanagild *Leovigild *Reccared The broadest cultural divisions in Hispania during the medieval period are between Islamic society and Christian. For the Muslim Emirate (ca 750-929) and Caliphate of Córdoba (929-1031 in general, see Al-Andalus Umayyad Dynasty in Spain: *Umayyad Emirs of Cordoba, 756– 912(929) **Abd ar-Rahman I, 756–788 **Hisham I, 788–796 **al-Hakam I, 796–822 **Abd ar-Rahman II, 822–852 **Muhammad I, 852–886 **al-Mundhir, 886–888 **Abdallah ibn Muhammad, 888–912 **Abd ar-Rahman III, 912–929 *Umayyad Caliphs of Cordoba, 929–1031 **Abd ar-Rahman III, as caliph, 929–961 **Al-Hakam II, 961–976 **Hisham II, 976–1008 **Mohammed II, 1008–1009 **Suleiman, 1009–1010 **Hisham II, restored, 1010–1012 **Suleiman, restored, 1012–1017 **Abd ar-Rahman IV, 1021–1022 **Abd ar-Rahman V, 1022–1023 **Muhammad III, 1023–1024 **Hisham III, 1027–1031 Taifa kingdoms For Northern Spain see individual kingdoms and polities: Basque Country Navarre (Navarra) *Pamplona Catalonia *Spanish Marches *Count of Barcelona Aragon *Valencia *Murcia Asturias León Castile and histories of other individual provinces of modern Spain. Medieval Spain was as much as a network of cities, which were cultural and administrative centers, the seats of bishops and sometimes kings, with markets and housing expanding from a central fortified stronghold. Medieval Spanish history can also be followed through its major cities: Almería Barcelona Burgos Córdoba Granada León Málaga Oviedo Salamanca Santander Seville Toledo Valencia Zaragoza (Saragossa) and at the great shrine of Santiago de Compostela. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [media] Middle Ages by region Medieval Britain | Byzantine Empire | Medieval Czech lands | Medieval France | Medieval Germany Medieval Italy | Medieval Poland | Medieval Romania | Medieval Scotland | Medieval Spain   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: