Medieval history of Spain

Al-Andalus () was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The name refers to the different Muslim states that controlled these territories at various times between 711 and 1492. At its greatest geographical extent, it occupied most of the peninsula as well as Septimania under Umayyad rule. These boundaries changed through a series of conquests that Western historiography has traditionally characterised as the Reconquista, eventually shrinking to the south and finally to the Emirate of Granada.

second Islamic caliphate (661–750 CE)

medieval and early modern kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula (1035-1707)

Period of Germanic rule on the Iberian Peninsula (418–720) as a successor state to the Western Roman Empire.

European sovereign state (1065–1230)

composite monarchy which existed between 1162–1716

former kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula

independent medieval kingdom in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula (910–1230), capital León

Basque medieval kingdom that occupied lands on either side of the western Pyrenees, alongside the Atlantic Ocean (1162–1512)

kingdom at the Iberian Peninsula existing between 1238-1707

state in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula (1173-1714)

Spania () was a province of the Eastern Roman Empire from 552 until 624 in the south of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. It was established by the Emperor Justinian I in an effort to restore the western provinces of the Empire.

noble family

countship (802-1035)

Spanish law enforcement association

aspect of Jewish history

history of Spain during the Middle Ages

Calendar era of Iberian peninsula

medieval minuscule script of Spain

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form of dramatic literature unique to Spain

term used to refer to Jews from the Iberian Peninsula who arrived in North Africa as a result of the anti-Jewish persecutions

Institución de autogobierno de la Comunidad de Aragón

set of medieval Spanish cartularies

Two 15th century peasant revolts in Catalonia

(1094-1102)

thumb|The Llotja de Mar thumb|The Llotja de Sant Jordi thumb|The Llotja de la Seda, Valencia thumb|The Llotja de Castelló d'Empúries Llotja (, plural ); in ; in ; is a Catalan term for important buildings used for commercial purposes during the Middle Ages and Early Modern Ages. and lodge are cognates.

A knight-villein (Cavaleiro-vilão in Portuguese, caballero villano in Spanish) was a free plebeian horsemen who owned land, weapons and a horse, despite not being part of the nobility, being prominent in medieval Portugal, Castile and Leon.

thumb|400px|Iberia in 560.

1486 decree by King Ferdinand setting aside medieval constraints on serfs.

historical region

thumb|Plaque commemorating the 500th anniversary of the remences' acceptance of King Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand II's mediation between the remences and the feudal lords. (Located in Amer monastery, where the arbitration occurred.)