The Reconquista and The Inquisition
Painting of an old battle in the Reconquista
The Reconquista and the Inquisition are two very important events that happened in the Middle Ages. The Inquisition was when the Catholic Church officials tortured Jews and Muslims to convert to Christianity. The Reconquista was when the people from Spain and Portugal united to take back their land from the Muslims. The Reconquista started in the early 700s and ended in 1492. The Inquisition started in 1478 and ended in about the 1760s.
The Reconquista
Painting of a big battle during the Reconqustia
The Reconquista was started by the Afonso dynasty in order take over the peninsula with Spain and Portugal. After the Muslims took control of this peninsula they planned to keep this peninsula from Muslims forever, but Afonso I had different plans. Afonso planned to make an amazing army to fight for their land and that is exactly what he did. After Afonso I died, his two sons Sancho I and Afonso II took over (at different times). They carried out their father's plans and tried to do the same. It took this royal family all the way to Afonso X (and Sancho II) to finally complete their family goal of the Reconquista.
The Inquisition
Painting of a non Christian follower getting tortured into following
The Inquisition was started by Pope Innocent III to get more Christian followers in the peninsula with Spain and Portugal instead of having the other main religions like Judaism and Islam. To do this Pope Innocent III tortured Jews and Muslims to convert to Christianity. One example of torture is the Catholic officials would put screws in a person's head and turned them tighter until the person said they would convert or until they died. After Pope Innocent III died then Pope Gregory IX continued the Inquisition. One reason they killed the non followers was to “save their souls”.
Have These Influenced Us?
Modern kids fighting
The Inquisition and the Reconquista have influenced modern society because many people in Spain and Portugal during the Inquisition fled to the “New World” or North American and is one reason that the United States of America is one of the most diverse countries in the world. Also, the Reconquista could be one of the reasons many countries fight for freedom or land like the United States because if people in Europe can fight for their freedom or land and win then we can to. There is a negative side of the Reconquista too, maybe this is also the reason for civil wars or other worldwide wars. People fight for freedom from a bad leader or just kids fighting to see who gets to play video games first.
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