Mozarabic Art And Architecture
Mozarabic art refers to art of Mozarabs (from musta'rab meaning “Arabized”), Iberian Christians living in Al-Andalus, the Muslim conquered territories in the period that comprises from the Arab invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (711) to the end of the 11th century, adopted some Arab customs without converting to Islam, preserving their religion and some ecclesiastical and judicial autonomy. Initially, it can be said that all the inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula professed the Christian religion, because all of them were submitted to the Muslim power, with the exception of some Jewish collectives that existed in the country.
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