This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Spain in the Middle Ages" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(August 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. You can help. The talk page may contain suggestions.(July 2022)
Part of a series on the
History of Spain
Prehistory
Prehistoric Iberia
Early history
Pre-Roman peoples
Carthaginian Spain (575–206 BCE)
Roman Hispania
Roman Conquest (206–27 BCE)
Hispania (218 BCE–472 CE)
Romanization
Diocese of Hispania
Early Middle Ages
Kingdom of the Suebi (409–585)
Kingdom of the Visigoths (418–721)
Byzantine Spania (552–624)
Middle Ages
Muslim conquest (711–716)
Al-Andalus (711–1492)
Reconquista(711–1492)
Christian kingdoms (718–1479)
Early modern period
Catholic Monarchs (1479–1516)
Granada War (1482–1492)
Colonisation of the Americas (1492–1898)
Habsburgs (1516–1700)
Golden Age (1556–1659)
Iberian Union (1580–1640)
Bourbons (1700–1808)
War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714)
Nueva Planta Decrees (1707–1716)
Peninsular War
Abdications of Bayonne (1808)
Napoleonic Spain (1808–1813)
Cortes of Cádiz (1810–1814)
Constitution of Cádiz (1812)
Treaty of Valençay (1813)
Absolutist restoration
Sexenio Absolutista(1814–1820)
Trienio Liberal(1820–1823)
Ominous Decade (1823–1833)
Reign of Isabella II
Regency of María Cristina (1833–1840)
First Carlist War (1833–1840)
Regency of Espartero (1840–1843)
Década moderada(1844–1854)
Second Carlist War (1846–1849)
Bienio progresista(1854–1856)
Glorious Revolution (1868)
Sexenio Democrático
Provisional Government (1868–1871)
Reign of Amadeo I (1870–1873)
Third Carlist War (1872–1876)
First Republic (1873–1874)
Restoration Spain
Reign of Alfonso XII (1874–1885)
Regency of María Cristina (1885–1902)
Reign of Alfonso XIII (1886–1931)
Spanish–American War (1898)
Spain during World War I (1914–1918)
Rif War (–1927)
Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera (1923–1930)
Dictablanda of Dámaso Berenguer (1930–1931)
Second Republic
Provisional Government (1931)
First Biennium (1931–1933)
Second Biennium (1933–1936)
Revolution and Asturian miners' strike (1934)
1936 general election (1936)
1936 coup d'état (1936)
Civil War (1936–1939)
Nationalist victory (1939)
Francoist Spain
Spanish Maquis (1939–1965)
Spain during World War II (1939–1945)
Blue Division (1941–1944)
Basque conflict (1959–2011)
Contemporary history
Transition to democracy (1975–1978)
Current constitution (1978)
1981 coup d'état attempt
Madrid train bombings (2004)
2008–2014 financial crisis
2017 Barcelona attacks
Coronavirus pandemic (2020–present)
Topic
Economic history
Law enforcement
LGBT history
Military history
Religious history
Timeline
Spain portal
History portal
v
t
e
Spain in the Middle Ages is a period in the history of Spain that began in the 5th century following the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ended with the beginning of the early modern period in 1492.
The history of Spain is marked by waves of conquerors who brought their distinct cultures to the peninsula. After the migration of the Vandals and Alans down the Mediterranean coast of Hispania from 408, the history of medieval Spain begins with the Iberian kingdom of the Arianist Visigoths (507–711), who were converted to Catholicism along with their king Reccared in 587. Visigothic culture in Spain can be seen as a phenomenon of Late Antiquity as much as part of the Age of Migrations.
From Northern Africa in 711, the Muslim Umayyad Caliphate crossed into Spain, at the invitation of a Visigothic clan to assist it in rising against King Roderic. Over the period 711–788, the Umayyads conquered most of the lands of the Visigothic kingdom of Hispania and established the territory known as Al-Andalus. A revolt during the conquest established the Christian Kingdom of Asturias in the north of Spain.
Much of the period is marked by conflict between the Muslim and Christian states of Spain, referred to as the Reconquista, or the Reconquest (i.e., The Christians "reconquering" their lands as a religious crusade). The border between Muslim and Christian lands wavered southward through 700 years of war, which marked the peninsula as a militarily contested space. The medieval centuries also witnessed episodes of warfare between Spain's Christian states and between the Muslim taifas, successor states of the Caliphate of Cordoba. Wars between the Crown of Aragon and the Crown of Castile were sparked by dynastic rivalries or disagreements over tracts of land conquered or to be conquered from the Muslim south.
The Middle Ages in Spain are often said to end in 1492 with the final acts of the Reconquista in the capitulation of the Nasrid Emirate of Granada and the Alhambra decree ordering the expulsion of the Jews. Early modern Spain was first united as an institution in the reign of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor as Charles I of Spain.
and 29 Related for: Spain in the Middle Ages information
Inthe history of Europe, theMiddleAges or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted approximately from 500 AD to 1500, although some...
The early MiddleAges (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting...
High MiddleAges Europe and Mediterranean region The High MiddleAges, or high medieval period, was the period of European history that lasted from AD...
The late MiddleAges or late medieval period was the period of European history lasting from AD 1300 to 1500. The late MiddleAges followed the High Middle...
Horses intheMiddleAges differed in size, build and breed from the modern horse, and were, on average, smaller. They were also more central to society...
Despite the rise of knightly cavalry inthe 11th century, infantry played an important role throughout theMiddleAges on both the battlefield and in sieges...
films imagine and portray theMiddleAges through the visual, audio and thematic forms of cinema. The 20th century is not the first to create images of...
world during theMiddleAges. The location of Paris was an important factor in its growth and strategic importance during theMiddleAges. Due to its position...
European science intheMiddleAges comprised the study of nature, mathematics and natural philosophy in medieval Europe. Following the fall of the Western Roman...
The Kingdom of France intheMiddleAges (roughly, from the 10th century to themiddle of the 15th century) was marked by the fragmentation of the Carolingian...
Christianity intheMiddleAges covers the history of Christianity from the fall of the Western Roman Empire (c. 476). The end of the period is variously...
The history of Italy intheMiddleAges can be roughly defined as the time between the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and the Italian Renaissance...
TheSpanish illumination of the Early MiddleAges is the art of decorating books that developed inSpain from the 8th to the 11th. The country was marked...
nationalism support the existence of nationalism intheMiddleAges (mainly in Europe). This school of thought differs from modernism, the predominant school...
Gunpowder artillery intheMiddleAges primarily consisted of the introduction of the cannon, large tubular firearms designed to fire a heavy projectile...
During theMiddleAgesin Europe, lifelong spinsters came from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds, though elite women were less likely to be single...
others being positioned as trusted political advisors. Slavery inthe Early MiddleAges (500–1000) was initially a continuation of earlier Roman practices...
The history of England during the Late MiddleAges covers from the thirteenth century, the end of the Angevins, and the accession of Henry III – considered...
Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and theAge of Discovery. TheMiddleAges is themiddle period of the three traditional divisions of Western...
of Cyprus. Cambridge. History of Cyprus - MiddleAges by Cypriot Government Archived 1 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine Jenkins, Romilly James Heald...
The golden age of Jewish culture inSpain, which coincided with theMiddleAgesin Europe, was a period of Muslim rule during which, Jews were generally...