Lecture 1. The Reconquista as an Urban Divide? Arab-Muslim Medinas Between 10th and 13th cc.

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Juan Calatrava, Manuel 'Saga' Sanchez Garcia


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Roots of Global Hispanic Urbanism: Spaces of Conflict and Cultural Exchange during the Reconquista and its Aftermath

This first lesson introduces the module and depicts the state of Al-Andalus between the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula (711) and the end of the XIIIth century. We will expand our scope to look at the king-dom of Granada (13th to 15th cc.) in Lecture Three. Lecture One connects Al-Andalus with Islamic urban history at a global level, explaining the principles of traditional Arab-Muslim urbanism and their presence in Al-Andalus medinas. It also includes depictions of the Jewish districts in these medinas called juderías, with cases such as the city of Zaragoza where the most important synagogues were placed, or Cordoba where the judería occupied almost half of the whole town.

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