The Rise of the Ribat Mentality and the End of Muslim Spain

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

6 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

02/17/2008

Category :

Philosophy & literature

Sub category :

Humanities/philosophy

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Summary :

Introduction
The ribat mentality
The trouble the Taifa states of Andalusia were in
The two invasions of Andalusia and its affect
1. Religious intolerance on the peninsula
2. Christians living under Muslim authority
3. The Mozarabs
4. The Siete Partidas of Alfonso X of Castile
The experiences of the two communities
Bibliography

Abstract

Between the fall of Toledo in 1085 and the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212, a new force entered the politics of muslim al-Andalus (or Andalusia). This force was the North African Islamic fundamentalism of two groups, the Almoravids and their successors, the Almohads. Both these groups developed out of a "ribat mentality," which stressed a strict interpretation of Islamic law (the Sharia) and simple living. Their coming to spain would alter the political and social landscape by introducing a level of religiosity and intolerance to both the muslim and Christian Kingdoms of spain, ending the relative toleration of religious minorities in both regions and leading to the eventual destruction of the muslim presence on the Iberian Peninsula. However, the ribat mentality of the Almoravids and the Almohads cannot be blamed entirely for these changes in Iberia; there was also a strong outside influence on the Christian Kings of Northern spain to increasingly mix religious and political institutions, namely from the Papacy, and the extent to which these muslim fundamentalists were able to totally create a barrier between Christians and Muslims cannot be over-exaggerated, as both groups used members of the other to further their own political ends.