MED201: The World of the Middle Ages
Chronology: Medieval Spain 410-1492
551 Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo. 572-86 Leovigild, King of Visigoths. 587 Recaredís Conversion to Catholicism. 570-636 St. Isidore of Seville. 589 III Council of Toledo. Catholicism declared the religion of the kingdom. 649 Liber Judiciorum. 711 End of Visigothic rule. The Coming of Islam. 721-25 Covadonga. 721. Pelayo en Cangas. 739 Alfonso I, King of Asturias. 755 Abd el Rahman I, independent emir. 791 Alfonso II, King of Asturias in Oviedo. 800 Ptolemyís ìGeographyî translated in Arabic. 801 Louis the Piousí reconquest of Barcelona. 830ís? First mentions of the tomb of St. James in Compostela. 850 OrdoÒo I, King of Asturias in Oviedo. Beginning of repopulation. Rise of the county of Castile. 866 Alfonso III the Great, King of Asturias. 929 Abd-al-Rahman proclaimed caliph, the caliphate of Cordoba. 946 The county of Castile independent. 978-1002 Al-Mansur. 1031 End of Caliphate. The kingdom of ìtaifasî. c. 1040 First examples of ìSpanishî literature, ìLas Jarchasî. c. 1043 Ruy Diaz Vivar, el Cid, is born. c. 1058 The ìUsatgesî of Barcelona. 1072 Alfonso VI, King. 1080 Council of Burgos - Mozarbic rites. Cluny in Spain 1085 Conquest of Toledo. 1086 Invasion of Almoravids. 1094 El Cid conquers Valencia. 1099 Death of El Cid. 1102 Almoravids take Valencia. 1135 Alfonso VII - Emperor. 1136 Invasion of Almohads. c. 1140 ìPoema del Mio Cid.î 1162-96 Alfonso II, King of Aragon. 1158-1214 Alfonso VIII, King of Castile. 1188 First meeting of the Cortes of Castile. 1195?-1264? Gonzalo de Berceo. ìLibro de Alexandre.î 1212 Las Navas de Tolosa. 1217-1252 Fernando III, King of Castile and Leon. 1236 Conquest of Cordoba. 1241? Romance version of ìLiber Judiciorum. ìFuero Juzgo.î 1230s ìLibro de Apollonio.î 1236 Lucas de Tuyís ìCrÛnica.î 1248 Conquest of Seville. 1252-1284 Alfonso X, the Wise. ìThe Siete Partida.î 1250s ìPoema de Fern·n Gonz·lez.î 1312-1350 Alfonso XI. c. 1335 Don Juan Manuelís ìConde Lucanor.î c. 1350 Sem Tob, ìProverbios Morales.î 1369 The Trastamaras in power. 1400? Expedition to the Canary Islands. 1409 Sicily becomes part of the Crown of Aragon. 1440 Civil War in Castile. Alvaro de Luna. 1442 Naples under Aragonese rule. c. 1445 Cancionero de Baena. 1465 The farce of Avila. 1469 Wedding of Ferdinand and Isabella. 1474 Isabella I, Queen of Castile. 1479 Ferdinand II, King of AragÛn. 1470s ìCoplas de Mingo Revulgo.î 1473 First printing press in Spain. 1476 Jorge Manriqueís ìCoplas por la muerte de su padre.î 1478 The new Inquisition in Castile. 1484 The Inquisition in Aragon. 1492 Surrender of Grenada.
