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1. What marks the differences between a civil and a religious building? The civil buildings were built for monarchs, kings and nobles it was also used for residence a for vigilance. Religious buildings were used for weapons arsenals and militar mercies, for praying and for organise masses.The big differece between them is for were they were used for.

2. Make a list of the most important civil buildings and another of the most important religious buildings in the city that you can still see today.

Religious Buildings: 1.The Church of San Nicolás of Los Servitas. 2.The Basilica of San Miguel of los Octoes. 3.The Parish Church of San Ginés.

Civil Buildings: 1.The Ribat. 2.The Christian Wall. 3.The Muslim Wall. 3.The House and Tower of los Lujanes. 4.The Moreira District. 5.The Alamillo Square.

Answer the following questions for each of the buildings that you mention on your list.

3. What function did the civil buildings have? What were they used for? 4. What function did the religious buildings have? What were they used for?

Civil Buildings:

The Ribat was used for vigilance and as a fortress to avoid the attack of the enemies and they could protect Toledo it was also used for praying and for the Holly war. The Christian Wall appears after the Reconquest and it purpose was to beautify its new districts. The Muslim Wall it was used to protect the emir's house, the mosque , the Alcazar and the Muslim's city , Maryt. The House and Tower of Los Lujanes it was the residence of a lot of kings and counts like Francisco I of France, Diego and Fernando de Lujan, etc.It was also used for Phisic and Natural Science,The Real Academy, etc. The Moreira Discrict it was for a defensive aim and for protect Toledo, which was the visigoths capital. The Alamillo Square it was construct by the muslims to settled their Justice Tribunal, Twon Hall and a building to live.

Religious Buildings:

The Church of San Gines of Los Servitas II was constructed but with the Independence War was used to store the weapons arsenal ,later as a mercy and as a essay room. The Basilica of San Miguel De Los Octoes used to pray, in nowadays is used for masses , confesions , comunions and sometimes weddings. The Parish Church of San Gines used to worship San Gines and it was also used for military mercy during the Civil War actually its used for masses.

THE GREAT QUESTION

Write a small composition in which you explain:

1. In what ways was society organised in Madrid during the Middle Ages?

2. What did the people who built the buildings hope to show with their structures?

3. What role did religion play during the Middle Ages? Was it a private and personal matter? Or, was it related to social status?

The medieval society was organised in 3 states : Clergy: they were a privileged state so they did not pay taxes, they were rich, they could hold importants charges in politics isues was formed by monks, nuns, abbots, bishops and priests.Their duty was to pray, teach the nobles childs and to help the poor people. Nobles: they were also a privileged state formed by knigths and their families, their duty was protect the population they did not pay taxes and they could hold decissions in politics an they had political charges. Workers: they were a non-privileged state they paid taxes and they couldnt hold political charges, etc.. They live in the worst conditions and they were divided in serfs and slavesformed by craftsments, peasants, etc.

Medieval buildings were very itemized because all of them have many detaills maybe their owners wanted to saw their good position and their charge trough their buldings so they ordered the architecs to built the best buildings.So I think the richer people ordened to do the buildings as more nice as they can.

Religious had a very important charge during the Middle Ages all the population believe in gods and they contunue step by step all the things that the priests,etc say.Religion had a lot of power the menbers couls excommunicate people, they could overtrough any king, they could exclude anyone from the church or even from that place; anyone that didnt obey the laws and the inquisition, because of that cruel punishments were created and used. The Church could have very inportant decissions over the country, the population, etc.