When was the conquest of granada

The Alhambra, or a Gallery. ACT V. All Digital Collections. Add to bookbag. Search this text: Other search options. The University of Michigan Library provides access to these keyboarded and encoded editions of the works for educational and research purposes. Print source:. Alternate titles:. Subject terms:. Marbella became Spanish as well. Granada seemed almost under Iberian rule. The conquest of Granada was about to become real. The end of Granada's turn as an Emirate was, however, extended by Boabdil 's nonconformity.

He had been promised and given beautiful and extensive lands in exchange for his treason, but he didn't like that they were in Castile and not in Aragon, for some reason.

So he decided to do what he did best: rebel against whatever land he was in. He headed back for Granada, where he found that the ruler that had kicked him out had in turn been killed by the Catholic Monarchs. So he ignited the flame of war again. He was perhaps inspiringly driven by patriotism and idealism. But in reality, he was flogging a dead horse: by then Granada had been reduced to a city and a mountain. Everything else was Spanish. Boabdil desperately sought aid from every Muslim country at hand -- Egypt, Fez now Morocco It didn't make any difference.

Egypt was waging a war of their own against the Ottoman Turks , which made them friends with Spain; and Fez pretended they never got the message. Boabdil was in the battle Still, the inhabitants refused to surrender, but the establishment of a permanent camp site Santa Fe — Holy Faith within view of Granada left no doubt of Christian intentions… a protracted siege.

Facing the inevitable, the Muslims negotiated surrender, and the long campaign finally came to an end on January 2, , when Ferdinand and Isabel entered the city. There was a lot of dazzling pageantry in all this, because in fact the keys had already been delivered to a representative of the Monarchs a day earlier in the same room. Al-Andalus i.

Muslim Spain as a political entity had come to an end, although there were still Muslims who chose to live under their new masters. Certainly the terms of capitulation were generous, much in the tradition of the medieval convivencia i. The Muslims were allowed to retain their religion, their laws, customs and property. Those who wished to emigrate to Africa were free to do so, an option elected by about However, those Muslims who stayed —known now as Mudejars i.

News of these disturbances spread to the mountainous Alpujarras region south of Granada early in triggering a rebellion. This was extinguished in three months, but gave the Christians reason to revoke the Capitulations and offer the Mudejars a bleak alternative: baptism or exile.

Quickly mosques were consecrated as churches and a massive bonfire of Arabic books was held in October in the Bibarrambla square in Granada. Barton, Simon A History of Spain 2nd ed. The Conversos and Moriscos in late medieval Spain and beyond: departures and change. Kamen, Henry Spain Pradilla: Boabdil handing keys of the Alhambra to Ferdinand and Isabella.