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Esta página ha sido creada por María Morente =1.What marks the differences between a civil and a religious building?= The differences between them were that the religious buildings were constructed to pray and the civil buildings were constructed to defend the city,as residence of the nobles, as hospitals etc.

=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.=

CIVIL BUILDINGS: Ribat,muralla musulmana ,muralla cristiana,Hospital de santa Catalina de los donados,Casa de Cisneros,Casa y torre de los Lujanes,plaza del alamillo, calle cava alta,calle cava baja,juderia de lavapies,barrio de la moreria.

RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS: Iglesia de San Nicolás de los servitas,Monasterio de San Martin,iglesia de san Miguel de los Octoes,parroquia de San Gines,parroquia de Santa Cruz, parroquia de San Andrés,iglesia de San Pedro el viejo.

=3.What function did the civil buildings have?What were they used for?= Ribat:is a religious and military comunity used to defend the city. Muralla musulmana:to protect the city from the attacks of the enemies. Muralla cristiana:it was an ampliation of the other wall and it was also to protect the city. Hospital de Santa Cantalina de los Donados:it was the place were twelve poor old and ill men went to curare and in return for it they must pray. Casa de Cisneros:The palace was used as a residence and was used as a prision (Antonio Perez,secretary of Philip II, was there from 1540-1611) too. Casa y torre de los Lujanes:It was used as a residence. Plaza del Alamillo:It was the administrative centre of the zone,a justice tribunal and also the muslims city council. Calle Cava Alta: It was a big pit constructed to defend the city who was in a plaine. Calle Cava Baja: it was a big pit constructed to defend the city who was in a plaine. Juderia de Lavapiés:It was an arrabal.The jews lived there. Barrio de la Morería: It was the place were mudejars lived.

=4.What function did the religious building have?What were they used for?= Iglesia de San Nicolas de los Servitas: It was a muslim mosque for praying. Monasterio de San Martin:It was a monastery that depended of the Santo Domingo the Silos monastery. It was the first benedictine abbey constructed in Madrid. Iglesia de San Miguel de los Octoes:It was constructed to pray. Parroquia de san Gines:It was a mozarab chapel for praying. Parroquia de Santa Cruz:It was a catholic chapel for praying. Parroquia de San Andrés:It was a mozarab church for praying. Iglesia de San Pedro el Viejo:It was a catholic church, for praying.

=5.Who ordered and paid for the construction of the civil buildings ? Why?= Ribat:The Emir Muhammad I (852-886) to defend the muslim comunity and to prepare the //yihad.// Muralla musulmana:The Emir Muhammad I order its construction to defend the muslim city. Muralla cristiana:After the conquist of the city by Alfonso VI in 1085 the wall construction continued to defend the christians. Hospital de Santa Catalina de los Donados: Pedro Fernández Lorca funded it in 1460. It was constructed as hospital. Casa de Cisneros: It was constructed in 1537 by Benito Jimenez de Cisneros, nephew of the Cisneros Cardinal. It was the residence of the Cisneros cardinal regent of the city. Casa y torre de los Lujanes: Alvaro de Lujan in 1494 order this construction as residence of his family. Plaza del Alamillo: It was constructed by the muslims and It was the place of the meeting of the muslim city council. Calle Cava Alta: The muslims to defend the city. Calle Cava Baja: The muslims to defend the city. Judería de Lavapiés:Jews. It was the place were jews lived. Barrio de la Morería:Mudejars. After the conquist by Alfonso VI they were permitted to live under christian rule in this place.

=6. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the religious buildings? Why?= Iglesia de San Nicolas de los Servitas: The muslims for praying. Monasterio de San Martin: The benedictine for praying. Iglesia de San Miguel de los Octoes: The original church was burned and it was reconstructed in 1739 by the infant Luis Antonio de Borbon y Farnesio, arzobishop of Toledo. Iglesia de San Gines: It was reconstructed by the Castile King for praying.

=7. The big question=

7.1. In what ways society organized in Madrid during the Middle Ages?
The society during the Middle ages was organized in classes, the king at the top, the nobility, the clergy, the merchants and the peasants. The nobility and the clergy were the privileged classes and they had the money and the power for constructing buildings, civil and religious.

7.2.What did the people who built the buildings hope to show with their structures?
They hope to show their power and their status in the civil buildings and the thougts they have of god in the religious building.they also want to give thanks to god.

7.3.What role did religion play during the Middle Ages?Was it a private and personal matter?Or,was it related to social status?
The religion during the Middle Ages was related to social status because clergy was a privileged estate. They had their own laws,costums and their own building.people thougt that the powercame from god and the clergy was the intermediaries with God.