The document discusses a scenario where a new king in Spain wants all Muslims and Jews to leave the country. This would negatively affect the narrator's friends who are of Muslim and Jewish faith. It prompts the reader to consider both the positives and negatives of the ruler's decision.

1. 1/5/16 Bell Ringer
You are a student in Spain. Your fellow students
include Christians, Muslims, and Jews. But a new king
wants all Muslims and Jews to leave Spain.
How will the ruler’s decision affect your friends? How do
you feel about this?
Consider POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES

2. Objective
• I can analyze the Reconquista and Spanish
inquisition and evaluate how Muslims’ power
declined in Spain,
• SPI 7.42 Outline the decline of Muslim rule in
the Iberian Peninsula that culminated in the
Reconquista, Inquisition, and the rise of
Spanish and Portuguese kingdoms. (C, G, H)

3. THE INQUISITION 1232
• Heresy- religious ideas that oppose
accepted church teachings.
• Churches sent friars and priests
throughout Europe to find possible
heretics.

4. The weakening of Muslim control
• 711 – the Moors (Muslims) invaded the
Iberian Peninsula (Spain)
• Late 900s - Muslim government of Spain
had begun to weaken when political &
religious leaders fought each other over
power.
• In 1002 the Muslim government fell
completely.

5. Reconquista
• As the Moors’ power declined, Christian
kingdoms to the north seized the opportunity to
attack. Slowly, they took land away from the
Moors. They called this Reconquista
(Reconquest)
• The Reconquista lasted from 718-1492

7. Rise of Spain & Portugal
• As a result of the victory of Reconquista, Spain
and Portugal grew more powerful.
• In 1469 Prince Ferdinand married Princess
Isabella- they became king and queen and
ruled all of Spain
CHALLENGE:
In 23 years, Ferdinand and Isabella
will commission an Italian to go on
a voyage to the Indies. Who is he
and what did he find?

8. The Rule of Ferdinand & Isabella
• King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
brought an end to the Reconquista
• They required all the Spanish Jews to
convert to Christianity or leave the
country.
• A few years later they banned the
practice of Islam as well. Through the
policy, all of Spain became Christian.
• Think- do you think every single person
really converted? Why or why not?

9. Spanish Inquisition
• Isabella and Ferdinand only wanted
Christianity in their kingdom. To ensure
that ONLY Christianity was practiced
they created the Spanish Inquisition- an
organization of priests that looked for
and punished anyone in Spain
suspected of secretly practicing the old
religion. It later spread to Portugal.

10. The Horrors of the Inquisition
• Torture was often used to get information about who
the heretics were and to get people to confess.
• Most common forms of torture were strappado and
the rack!
– Inquisitors needed to extract a confession bc they believed
it was their duty to bring the accused back to the faith.
– A true confession resulted in the accused being forgiven
• Many people were imprisoned for years and
forgotten.
• Thousands were killed in the most violent ways of the
time…burning at the stake!

11. recap
1. What two religions were punished for their
beliefs during the Middle Ages
2. What is heresy?
3. How did the Reconquista affect Spanish Jews
and Muslims.
4. Who began the Spanish Inquisition and why?

12. Close Reading
• Read the article closely on the Reconquista.
• Highlight significant evidence.
• Answer the questions once you have
completed the reading.

13. POW TIDE
• Create a summary of the Muslim decline in
Spain. Before you write brainstorm about the
following:
• -Reconquista
• - Spanish Inquisition

14. Predict
• Why Muslim rule began to decline in Spain-
think of everything we have discussed so far.