Course Description

Course Name

Christians, Jews and Muslims in Spain

Session: IMLS1219

Status: Closed

Hours & Credits

45

Prerequisites & Language Level

Taught In English

  • There is no language prerequisite for courses at this language level.

Overview

OBJETIVES

One of the main objectives of this course is that students know the history of Spain in three religions: Christian, Jewish and Muslim. This will examine each historical period, from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Age. The legacy of three cultures is becoming more alive and dormant in the Mediterranean basin and in this sense Spain was one of the countries where the student can draw conclusions from this merger approximate exchange.

BLOCK I: THE THREE MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIONS

1.- THE CHRISTIAN
2.- THE JUDAISM
3.- ISLAM

BLOCK II: THE THREE RELIGIOUS CULTURE IN SPAIN IN THE MIDDLE AGES.

4.- CHRISTIANS AND JEWS BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF MUSLIMS.
5.- THE ARRIVAL OF THE MOORS OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA IN 711.
6.- STAGE OF THE SPLENDOR OF MUSLIMS IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA.
7.- JEWS AND CHRISTIANS: A MINORITY IN THE MUSLIM SOCIETY OF AL-ANDALUS.
8.- THE RECONQUEST OF CHRISTIANS IN AL-ANDALUS.

BLOCK III: CHRISTIAN SPAIN IN THE MODERN HISTORY.

9.- SPAIN IN ONE RELIGION: CHRISTIANITY.
10.- THE INQUISITION
11.- CONVERSIONS AND EXPULSION OF JEWS AND MUSLIMS.

BLOCK IV: THE CONTEMPORARY SPAIN.

12.- THE LEGACY OF THREE CULTURES.
13.-THE COEXISTENCE OF THE THREE RELIGIONS IN THE XXI CENTURY.

*Course content subject to change