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Battle of Covadonga was the final push of numerous attempts of uprisings and rebellions that began in 718. During this time, King Pelayo resisted attempts by the Moors to gain control of Asturias. However, in 720, after sending out a force to Asturias, Pelayo and his forces of about 500 men were forced to retreat. The Moorish leader offered terms to surrender, but Pelayo refused. Al Kama, Moorish leader, ordered an attack. However, the Asturians and Pelayo inflicted major causalities and pushed back

takes a look into a side of history less often seen. Usually it is said that the victor writes the history books and more often than not that is the perspective from which people view history. Perry shows the reader not just the losing side of the Morisco people, but the side of the women in that society who are usually seen by Western culture as having very little power or influence in their culture. The influence of those women had a great deal to do with why they held onto what made them a people

This effort was largely a failure as provided that the moriscos went to Christian mass and looked to be practising their new religion, then little more was asked of them. The majority of moriscos retained their old faith in spite of Phillip's efforts. It wasn't until the 1560s that Phillip decided that his policy would have to be changed. A section of the Christian clergy were angry that the moriscos abided in name only and insisted that action needed to be taken. There was

territorial expansion and increased Spain’s international influence. However, the Inquisition’s failure to police the sincerity of religious obedience amongst those it had converted, and the trade-off between financial profit and the full integration of Moriscos, meant that the state of Catholicism could be threatened in the future. Nonetheless, any direct losses to Spain at this point was insignificant, and more was gained than lost as a result of Charles’ religious policies.

INTRODUCTION The Medieval Inquisition was founded in 1184 C.E, first as the Episcopal Inquisition (1184-1230s C.E) as the militant and judicial response to popular mass of religious movements against the tyranny and corruption of the popes and their bishops in the Catholicized Western Europe. The most challenging neo-Manichean movements against the dictatorship of the Pope of Rome were Catharism and Waldensians in Southern France and northern Italy in the 1140s C.E. and the Waldensians in the 1170s

The Spanish Inquisition was established in 1478 during the 13th century by the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella to strengthen to the power of the new Spanish Kingdom. The Spanish Kingdom combined the two empires of Aragon and Castile. The dominant religion was Christianity despite the fact that there was a big influence of Jews in Spain. Jews and Muslims were pressured to convert to Christianity or be persecuted. In addition, those who resisted were killed while those who did convert, known

During the 15th century, there were five kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula, but eventually became two by the early 16th century. Since the 12th century, Portugal had been an independent kingdom; the turning point in the kingdom was in the 15th century when Isabella of Castile tied the knot with Ferdinand of Aragon and resulted in uniting Castile and Aragon. Isabella and Ferdinand’s first target was Granada; the only Islamic state left from the once powerful Al-Andalus. This step was a necessary for

Both the Spanish Inquisition and the English Reformation were large movements that had a major impact in history. They both were substantial religious movements that occured around the same time. However, one was a movement that supported the Catholic Church while the other was a movement that was against the Catholic Church. While the Spanish Inquisition was a movement that supported the Catholic Church and was supported by the Church, the English Reformation was a movement that was against the

The Sources and Representations of the Moor in the Works of Shakespeare       One theme consistently reemployed throughout Shakespeare's plays is that of the Other. The Other is usually characterized as a character that is somehow separated, stigmatized, or noted as being different from the mainstream ideal. For the Elizabethan England of Shakespeare's time, it may have been a self-defensive maneuver against the encroachment of something which threatened too close to home (Bartels 450). Bryant

escutcheon, as well as those he deemed impure, by the age of fifty-eight he convinced Pope Sixtus IX to allow the coordination and implementation of what would be known as “The Spanish Inquisition”. Tomas profoundly feared that the Conversos and Moriscos would unhinge the ecclesiastic religious domination, and economic prominence in Spain, and Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabel I both concurred. Soon after the accession to power, he requested a Holy Office for the inquisition in Spain, which was granted