Muslim and Jewish : "otherness" in the Spanish nation-building process throughout the reconquista (1212-1614)

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In 1492, the Catholic Monarchs Isabel and Ferdinand conquered Granada, the last Muslim Kingdom in Spain, issued the edict of expulsion of Jews and charged Christopher Columbus to find out a western route to Indies who by coincidence discovered America. These three momentous events led to construction of Spanish national unity and of the Spanish world empire. In this study, what we are looking for is the impact of the first two events, the conquest of Granada and the expulsion of the Jews, on the formation of the Spanish national unity and the Spanish nationhood vis-à-vis Jews and Muslims in its historical context. In this study, the concept of nation-building would be employed not in economic but in political, religious and cultural terms. This study, by using the historical analysis method, found that centuries-long Muslim and Jewish presence in Spain and the Spaniards̕ fight for exterminating this religious, cultural and political pluralism led to the formation of unitary Catholic state and society in Spain in the period under consideration.

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Crusades, Reconquista, Catholic Monarchs, Spanish Inquisition, The Papacy, Christianity, Islam, Castile, Aragon, Morisco, Jews, Turks

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E. Türkçelik, “Muslim and Jewish : “otherness” in the Spanish nation-building process throughout the reconquista (1212-1614),” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2003.