From A.D. 589 to 711, the Muslims conquered the Catholic Kingdom of Visigoths in Spain. The conquest of the Spanish Visigoth kingdom interrupted the fusion of Hispano Roman and Visigoths cultures and altered the emergence of a new catholic civilization. When the Muslims entered this kingdom they wished to have the culture be their own and not have certain aspects of the past still culturally relevant. The culture before the arrival of the Muslims had been largely Romanized, which was a great difference from the culture of Islam.
When the Muslims came to the Iberian Peninsula they decided to change the religion all together. The Christian civilization that had been there once before being wiped out. To assist in bringing about a bigger number of religious conversions, the Muslims would charge a tax on anyone who did not wish to change their religion and chose to continue to practice Christianity. …show more content…
To remove the previous culture any monuments, literary documents, or pieces of artwork were destroyed because many of them did not follow the beliefs of Islam. Physical representation was forbidden in Islam, except it had been a large part of the Christian religion that had previously dominated the area, so it had to be destroyed. The Visigoths had preserved Roman power in the monuments and artworks that they had used, but the Muslim power would not allow the polytheistic beliefs of other cultures exist in their kingdom. To eliminate the past religion, the bodies and relics of saints and other holy figures were burned to remove any traces of their existence. The churches were also burned to construct the new Mosques that would become the core place of religious worship. By doing this, Islam erased all Christian power, signs left behind by the Visigoths and was able to pave the way for their religion of
When the Muslims came to the Iberian Peninsula they decided to change the religion all together. The Christian civilization that had been there once before being wiped out. To assist in bringing about a bigger number of religious conversions, the Muslims would charge a tax on anyone who did not wish to change their religion and chose to continue to practice Christianity. …show more content…
To remove the previous culture any monuments, literary documents, or pieces of artwork were destroyed because many of them did not follow the beliefs of Islam. Physical representation was forbidden in Islam, except it had been a large part of the Christian religion that had previously dominated the area, so it had to be destroyed. The Visigoths had preserved Roman power in the monuments and artworks that they had used, but the Muslim power would not allow the polytheistic beliefs of other cultures exist in their kingdom. To eliminate the past religion, the bodies and relics of saints and other holy figures were burned to remove any traces of their existence. The churches were also burned to construct the new Mosques that would become the core place of religious worship. By doing this, Islam erased all Christian power, signs left behind by the Visigoths and was able to pave the way for their religion of