The qibla in Castile in the Middle Ages

Abstract

This paper addresses an approach to the question of the orientation of the quibla among the Castilian Muslims of the Duero basin, in the Middle Ages. It is not intended to make a new disquisition about the peninsular qibla (studied only for al-Andalus), but to propose a new approach to the medieval Islam of the Duero Valley, in order to assess to what extent this issue affected the Castilian Muslims and to what extent this historical analysis can help us to know its degree of Islamization and its relationship with the rest of peninsular Islam.

Keywords

• castilla
• la meca
• islam
• quibla
• mezquitas
• cementerios