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=1. What marks the difference between a civil and a religious building?= The difference was that civil buildings were built to treat justice and politics matters and protect the cities and religious buildings were built to pray or to raise God.

=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.=

Parish of Santa Cruz
=3. What function did the civil buildings have? What were they used for?=
 * -The Christian Wall:** was built after the reconquest to protect the city of Madrid.


 * -Ribat:** It was constructed to avoid being invaded. It was used as a monastery to pray.


 * -Alamillo Square:** was constructed because the Muslims wanted to settle there the Justice Tribunal, a Town Hall and a building to live


 * -Muslim Wall:** It was constructed to defend the mosque,the house of the Emir and the Alcazar, also to protect the strenght,were now is placed the real palace.


 * -Cava Alta

-Cava Baja

-Cisnero's House:** It was a prison, the court of romanoes was born there and the general Narvaez and Polavieja resided there. Now it is udes like a 5 stars hotel


 * -Juderia de Lavapies:** It was were the most jewish and imigrants lived.


 * -Lujanes house and tower**:It has been the residence os a lot of important people. Was one of the highest buildings in the capital and it has an interesting gothic facade.

=4. What function did the religious buildings have? What were they used for?=
 * -Sta Catalina de los donados hospital**: It was a hospital for old people.
 * -Parish of San Gines:** Was used to worship San Gines de Arles. It was also useful during the Civil War as militar mercy. Nowadays it is used for Catholic masses.


 * -Church of San Miguel de los Octoes:** It was constructed to conffered God and to pray.


 * -Church of San Pedro el viejo:** It was built to pray.


 * -Church de San Nicolas de los Servitas:** It function was to be a parish for pray. It was used to pray but then it was used as storeage the weapons,as cuartel,warehouse and the acting hall of the Royal Band.

= = =5. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the civil buildings? Why?=
 * -Parish of Santa Cruz:** It was built to commemorate the victory of las Navas de Tolosa.
 * The Christian Wall:** The emir Muhammad I ordered it to protect the muslim kingdom


 * Ribat**: The emir Muhammad order to build it. To avoid being atack by the christians


 * Alamillo square**:The muslims orderd to build it for locate a court of justice


 * Muslim wall**:Alfonso VII of Castilla order to buil it


 * Cava alta

Cava baja

Cisnero's house**: Benito Jimenez of Cisneros ordered to built it


 * Juderia de Lavapies

Lujanes house and tower:** It was ordered to built by Alvaro de Lujan because he wanted to live there


 * Sta Catalina de los donados Hospital**: Pedro Fernandez ordered to built it for attending old people

=6. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the religious buildings? Why?=
 * Parish of San Gines**


 * Church of San Miguel de los Octoes**: The cardinal Infante Luis Antonio de Borbon ordered to built it.


 * Church of San Pedro el viejo**


 * Church of San Nicolas de los Servitas**: Probably it was ordered by some muslim monarch or governor.


 * Parish of Sta Cruz**: It was order to built by Alfonso VIII.

=Considering the buildings that you have studied, write a small composition (10 lines) in which you explain:=

= = =1. In what ways society organized 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?= =Give your personal opinion, but support it using the buildings and exampled what you have studied to defend your ideas.=

During the Middle Ages society was organized in two states. The nobles and the clergy formed part of the privileged state. The workers formed part of the non.privileged estates. Poor people were trated worst than rich ones, even they became their slaves.

Rich people construct their houses in very important places, appart of the construction of the important buildings wich sometimes they ordered to built it to show all the money they have.They also built the important buildings because on that hand the people could recognised them or they can became part of the government, the church...

Religion was almost the most important thing in the Middle Ages. People spent a lot of their time praying and they believe so much in their Gods. I think because of that many churches and monasteries were built. Most people believed in the same God, but not all. Sometimes they could kill because of that. As the population believe a lot in the church, the priests had a lot of power, even they form part of the government. Rich people had privileges in some things, For example: in Easter week, they paid to the church for eat meat, while poor people had to fast.