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1. What marks the differences between a civil and a religious building?
The difference between a civil and a religious building is that the religious buildings were build for pray to God and the civil buildings were build for politics and for protect the city.

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. -Judería de Lavapiés. -Barrio de la Morería.

Religious buildings
-Iglesia de San Nicolás de los Servitas. -Monasterio de San Martín. -Iglesia de San Miguel de los Octoes. -Parroquia de Santa Cruz. -Iglesia de San Pedro el viejo. -Parroquia de San Andrés. -Parroquia de San Ginés.

The civil buildings were used for protect the city,sometimes important people lived here and for public acts.

4. What function did the religious buildings have? What were they used for?
Religious buildings were used principally for pray to God (Islam or Catholic religion),to give mass and sometimes the monks and nuns lived here.

5. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the civil buildings? Why?
Ribat:Ordered by Muhammad I for avoid the christian invasion. Muralla musulmana:Ordered by Muhammad I for protect the city of Madrid against the christians. Muralla musulmana:Ordered by Alfonso VII for protect the new city of Madrid after the Reconquest. Hospital de Santa Catalina de los Donados:Ordered by Pedro Fernandez Lorca it was a hospital and a chapel. Plaza del Alamillo:Ordered by Muslim people to set up a city hall,a building to live and a court. La Morería:ordered by Muhammad I.

6. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the religious buildings? Why?
Iglesia de San Nicolás de los Servitas:Ordered by an arab monarch,it was a church. Monasterio de San Martín:Ordered by Alfonso XII,it was a convent and a church. Basílica de San Miguel de los Ocoes:We don't know who ordered to build it,it was used to pray to God. Parroquia de San Ginés:It was reformed by Juan Ruiz,it was used to celebrate mass. Parroquia de Santa Cruz:Ordered by Alfonso VIII,it was used as a social organization. Parroquia de San Andrés:It was reformed (before was a mezquite),it was used to pay tribute to San Andrés. Iglesia de San Pedro el Viejo:Ordered by Francisco Sanz,it was used to pry.

The big question
The Middle Ages was organized in feudalism.The king and important people as the nobles had all the lands.These lands were farm by the peasants that were slaves.The society was divided in different states:The king,the nobles,the clergy and the peasants;only the peasants had to pay taxes because it was a non-privileged estate.The rest of states didn't pay taxes and they had more political and economical power.The economy was based on agriculture and stockbreeding.

People who built buildings wanted to show their wealth,their power or if it was a religious building they also wanted to show their faith to God because during the MIddle Ages all the kings who were the most important people were catholics..If they showed all these things they'll became more important and they had more privileges in the society where they lived.

As all the people were religious (muslim,catholic,jew) the religion during the MIddle Ages was the most important thing.The most catholic people was the clergy.Depending of the level of faith that you showed, you could became more or less important,because it people ordered the construction of religious buildings.