IBERIAN PENINSULA IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES
BIGA
A Catalan
political party formed by wealthy merchants and their supporters.
BLACK DEATH
An epidemic of
bubonic plague that killed millions of people in the 14th century.
BOURGEOISIE
The wealthy
social class of merchants and property owners.
BUSCA
A Catalan
party supported by small merchants, craftsmen and por people.
CAÑADA
A route along
which sheep were taken long distances to graze.
CLERGY
The body of
people holding a position of religious authority in the Church.
CONSULADO
DEL MAR
A
Catalan-Aragonese office regulating commerce.
CORTES
A representative assembly made up of members of the nobility,
clergy and important citizens.
DINASTY
A succession
of monarchs from the same family who hold power from one generation to another.
FUERO
A charter ( a
body of laws and privileges) that was granted by a monarch, for example to new
cities.
MESTA
An association
of the wealthy owners of sheep farms that supervised the migration of sheep
across Castilla.
MONARCHY
A system of
government in which a king or queen holds political authority.
MUDEJAR
1.
A Muslim who lived in one of
the Iberian Christian kingdoms.
2.
An artistic style in the
Christian kingdoms that was influenced by Muslim art.
PEASANT
An
agricultural worker, who was sometimes free and sometimes a serf.
RECONQUEST
The recovery
of territory from Al-Andalus by Christian armies between the 8 th and 15 th
centuries. This became known as the Teconquista in Spanish.
REMENSA
Catalan
peasants who revolted in the 15 th century.
REPARTIMIENTO
1.
During the Iberian
Reconquest, he distribution of conquered lands to the nobility and the militar
orders.
2.
In America, the distribution
of the native inhabitants and their land to Spanish conquerors.
REVOLT
A rebellion.
TRANSHUMANCE
The long-distance
movement of people with their livestock from one region to another.
VICEROY
A Royal
oficial who ruled a very large territory called a Viceroyalty in the name of
the monarch.
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