Causes and consequences of the maurophilia of Pedro I of Castile in the XIV & XV century’s architecture

Abstract

The complex years of Pedro I’s kingdom between 1350 and 1369 were troubled by continues war events and power fighting in a national and international level. In this context the Castile king, needed of an architectural program loaded of legitimation, chose the Islamic architecture for the construction of his palaces in Astudillo, Tordesillas, Carmona and Sevilla. With the development of this palaces, Pedro I conditioned the XIV and XV century’s architecture evolution.

Keywords

• pedro i
• reino de castilla
• maurofilia
• reino nazarí de granada
• arquitectura palatina islámica
• arquitectos nazaríes
• astudillo
• carmona
• tordesillas
• sevilla
• alhambra.