Toledo, Spain

intellectualism were among the first to develop into major urban centers, followed by several others. By the 10th century, Cordoba was home to a population of more than 500,000–the largest European city until then. Great cities such as itself , Madrid, Seville, Toledo, and others soon boasted running water, paved streets, lush gardens, hundreds of exquisite mosques, and even streetlights (“The Cities”). During his travels, ibn Battuta, visited Granada, “the metropolis of Andalusia and the bride…

Madrid Spain is the capitol city of Spain. The country of Spain has an interesting past, but a great economic future. In that Madrid sat in the middle of all the excitement, with all of its history. It had a rip for several hundreds of years that damage Spain’s culture, but also made the history unique. It has a wide variety of religion. With all the beautiful churches or cathedrals, evangelism is something new to Madrid Spain. The history of Madrid Spain is rich in diversity. According to…

Spaniards of the time believed in the idea of Monotheism. They believed that each individual person had a destiny to which they would be led by God. There was at the same time a large number of people who desired proof of this. He also stated, “In Spain of the sixteenth century, Secularism and insistent questioning of doctrine began to penetrate orthodoxy” (Fiore 3). He recognized that many people were turning towards the questioning of their religious beliefs. The Spaniards had a hunger and a…

ignores the reforms that built his reputation in the first place. Erika Rummel specifically avoids this in Jiménez de Cisneros: On the Threshold of Spain’s Golden Age. She does this by increasing attention on Cisneros’ early years as Archbishop of Toledo, during which he reformed Spain’s monastic orders. Cisneros’ reformation is important to understand in light of the increasingly vital role of monks during the Spain’s colonial efforts. A similar appreciation for Cisneros’ reforms allows an…

The Spanish Reconquista The history of Spain is a tale of both the blending and the clashing of cultures. When Muslims, Jews, and Christians could maintain peace, Spanish culture would exceed that of all the rest of Europe. When persecution and strife broke out, wars that amounted to crusades were the result. Ultimately Spain was united as a nation under triumphant Christian monarchs whose exploits went beyond anything medieval Europeans could even imagine. The result was the foundation of…

In the world of Spanish Christendom, few figures are more shrouded in legend and mystery than Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, or El Cid. While modern observers would perceive the notion of a knight changing his loyalty as treasonous, El Cid is renowned for having done this very act. He served under three different rulers during his lifetime, one of them having been a Moorish king. A fierce warrior and an ambitious ruler, historians remember El Cid for his many accomplishments. Unfortunately, he was a…

People react differently in certain situations. The way one person sees something is completely different than the way someone else may see it. Many circumstances can influence the way a person sees things. For instance, where a person grows up, how he is raised, his beliefs, and his social and economic status can affect his perspective. In the movie A Better Life, Carlos is an illegal immigrant from Mexico, who is looking to have a better life in the United States. He has a job as a…

First, the societal instability becomes one of the main causes of migration because it can lead to war, and poor physical impacts. War occurs when there is a conflict between the government and the rebel groups, including Muslim extremism (“Push Factors”). These rebel groups have attempts “to overthrow the Assad regime, resulting in more than [eighty thousand] deaths as well as extensive human rights atrocities…” (“Push Factors”). In fact, they murder for those who cannot “accept its fascist…

I. Introduction On June 24, 2016, the citizens of the United Kingdom voted in favor for their departure from the European Union. For the past forty years, the United Kingdom has been a member of this peaceful union which is comprised of twenty-seven other European countries. The union enacts Article 50, a law that allows these countries to exit the union at will. In the events that have followed the in-favor vote to depart from the EU, little action has taken place. The nations that form the…

were becoming interested in overthrowing there leadership and becoming a democratic society. Some people were afraid that if they revolted against Spain and had problems Spain would no longer help them…