– 8 pages total

– Include 5 sources total from list of sources attached

– Double-spaced

– 12pt font

– Times New Roman

– Include a work cited page

PROMPT:

Answer one question from each part. Make sure that you place your discussion of these topics within a historical context. Make references to sources that are included. NO OUTSIDE SOURCES ARE ALLOWED.

Provide chronological information.

(I have put the most likely to match sources in italics next to the questions, but feel free to use any of the attached sources to answer the questions)

Part I. Answer one (1).

b) Discuss the role of the Jews and of Conversos in Spanish history up to 1550. Be specific. Provide names and events. Discuss the issues leading to the creation of the Inquisition, the expulsion of the Jews in 1492, and its aftermath. (A_description_of_Two_Autos_de_Fe.pdf)

c) Discuss the role of Muslims, Mudejars, and Moriscos in Spanish Society until their expulsion in the early seventeenth century. (A_description_of_Two_Autos_de_Fe.pdf)

d) How were festivals deployed in Spanish society for hegemonic purposes? How were they scripted? How did festivals evolve from the late Middle Ages into the early modern period? What do these changes tell you about the nature of power? (Evans_The_Unconquered_Knight.pdf)

Part II. Answer one (1).

a) What does Bernal Díaz del Castillo’s account of the conquest of Mexico tell you about Spanish perception of the Mexica (Aztecs), of the role of Hernán Cortés, and of native allies in the conquest of the ancient city of Mexico? Compare this with indigenous accounts of the conquest. What does the siege of Tenochtitlan illustrate about the natives views of the Spanish and the encounter? What do these various perspectives say about the experience of the “other”?

b) What was the nature of Spanish culture in the period between 1300 and the reign of the Catholic Monarchs? How does the culture of Castile compare to that of Aragon? After discussing these topics in some detail, focus on Jorge Manrique’s Ode to the Death of My Father. What does that poem tell you about Castilian culture and values in the late fifteenth century and as to Manrique’s intent and values?(Manrique_Ten_Centuries_of_Spanish_Poetry.pdf)

c) Using the narratives of the second voyage and Columbus’ memorandum to the Catholic Monarchs (available in the web site or in the course reader), what can you say about the Caribbean natives, about the Spanish perceptions of the inhabitants of the New World? About their policies in the first encounters with the other?(Las_Casas_Second_Voyage_of_Columbus.pdf)

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