GA-09 Medieval Spain (From the Eighth to the Fifteenth Centuries) and the Historical Projection of Three Cultures: Chritians, Moslems and Jews
GA-09 La Proyección Histórica de las Tres Culturas: Cristianos, Mulsimanes y Judíos en la España Medieval (SS. VIII-XV) – Course syllabus in Spanish
This Course will explore the role played by Christians, Moslems, and Jews in the creation of Medieval Spain from the time of the Islamic Invasion of 711, through the emergence of the Frontier and its territorial evolution, to the period of the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, including the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain, the End of Tolerance, and the Conquest of the Kingdom of Granada in 1492. Likewise, an analysis will be carried out of the fundamental characteristics of the coexistence of these three civilizations in terms of the problems derived therefrom, and in terms of the socio-cultural relations and different mind-sets affecting everyday life.
GA-15 Political Transition and Democracy in Spain (1975 – 2000)
GA-15 Transición Política y Democracia en España (1975 – 2000) – Course syllabus in Spanish
The aims of this Course module are as listed here:
a) To create an awareness of how Spain’s political transition is the result of a process of reform.
b) Internationally speaking, to assess Spain’s progressive integration within the Western scenario.
c) To contribute to an understanding of the unique features of Spain’s political system and of its constitutional architecture.
d) To help make discernible the specific model of Spain’s territorial organization (a State made up of autonomous regions) by establishing comparisons with other countries.
e) To contribute to the identification of the main characteristics of Spanish political culture.