Article Title：THE FRONTIER FORTRESSES AND SANCTUARIES OF AL-ANDALUS: RECONQUEST, RESIGNIFICATION AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA (ELEVENTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURIES)
Abstract：
The ideology of the reconquest pursued a clear objective: the recovery of a nation illegitimately occupied by Muslim invaders and the restoration of Christianity in Peninsular territory. This process necessarily entailed the submission, if not the expulsion, of al-Andalus's Muslim population, as well as the erasure of any sign of its presence, culture or religion. The Christians demonstrated great efficacy in this operation through a series of different actions leading, first of all, to the effective control over the territory and its fortresses, places of worship, and spiritual landmarks. Then by resignification through different symbolic and religious elements. And, finally, developing an alternative collective memory, one that would justify their actions, sustain the new and victorious Christian society and subdue the vanquished Muslims.
Keywords: Fortresses; Sanctuaries; Collective Memory; Conquest; Transformation
DOI: 10.21001/itma.2024.18.02
Source：IMAGO TEMPORIS-MEDIUM AEVUM
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