VOCABULARY UNIT 6

1. Reconquest: it was the period, in which the christian, recover their power over iberian peninsula.
2. Kingdom of Asturias: it was a christian kingdom, originated in the mountain ranges of cantabria.
3. Kingdom of León : it was other christian kingdom, originated in the mountain ranges of cantrabria.
4. Aragonese counties: they were united by wilfred the hairy in 874. they were a christian kingdoms.
5. Catalan counties: they were christian, they were originated in the Pyrinees.
6. Pelayo: he was the most powerful christian king. he defeated the muslims in the battle of covadonga in 722
7. Battle of Covadonga: it was the war, which was win by the christian in 722, under ruled the Pelayo
8. Alfonso III: he created the kingdom of leon. before he was the king of Asturias.
9. Fernán González: he was a count of Catile, who divided the kingdom in counties.
10. Spanish March: it was found in the pyrenean region, inside the carolingian kingdom
11. Carolingian Empire: it was the empire of the charles martel after the fall of the roman empire.
12. Sancho III the Great: he became the most powerful christian king on the peninsula.
13. Wilfred the Hairy: he united the catalan counties in 874. he ruled the independently.
14. Beatus: it was a religious manuscript with beautiful illustrations, is characteristic of mozarabic art
15. Mozarabic art: it was the style emerged in the christian kingdoms in the 10th century. it was developed by the mozarabs who had run away from al-andalus.
16. Mudejar art: it was a art, which emerged in the 12th century in sahagun leon.
17. Asturian art: it was a art, which was developed between the 8th and 10th century.
18. Repopulation: it was the process in which the peasants colonised the land and dormed small villages.
19. Fueros: they were a privileges which were give by the kings to the towns
20. Military orders: they were religius order who had arms.
21. Mudejars: they were muslims who remainded in christian territory.
22. Alfonso VI: he conquered Toledo and the tajo valley in 1085
23. Ferdinand III: he united Castile and Leon and founded the crown of castile in 1230
24. Cortes: they were formed by the nobles, clergy and lawyers, they couldn't legislate
25. Honourable Council of the Mesta: it was the meetings in which the peasants resolves their problems.
26. Alfonso I the Battler: he was the first king of aragon. he conquered the zaragoza in 1118
27. James I the Conqueror: he conquered the valencia, alicante, murcia and the balears islands
28. Generalitat: it was an institution which defended the rights of individuals in Aragon.