Castille it Sleeve

History

This autonomous community is a political and administrative reality recent. However, since Antiquity, of many people left a trace in this area. Towards, the Ibères and the Celtibères lived already on this territory. Towards the end of, the historians give a report on incursions of Romains which settle in the area. With the decline of the Roman Empire, various Germanic tribes penetrate in the peninsula and the Visigoths occupy these grounds, choosing Tolède for political and religious capital.

In 711, the Arabs besiege the peninsula and thus start a broad period of coexistence and superposition of cultures, religions and languages. After disintegration at the beginning of the 11th century (1031) of the Caliphate of Cordoue emerge in the peninsula several kingdoms of taifas, among which is detached the medieval Kingdom from Tolède, whose territory coincides mainly with current Castille it Manche.

The reign of these taifas made important artistic and cultural great strides, but their political weakness made them more vulnerable vis-a-vis the Christian Kingdoms, which advanced slowly since North, conquering the main cities and territories under the Moslem capacity; Alphonse VI took Tolède in 1085, one of the most important cities of Al Andalusians; Alphonse VIII took the town of Cuenca in 1177, Alphonse X founded Villa Real into 1255 which became Ciudad Real thereafter. Many castles and fortresses recall that this medieval territory for a long time constituted a border disputed between Christians and Moslems. In this military process, the Crown profited from the assistance of the military orders which, in exchange of the payment of their services, were seen granted very wide territories, thus becoming of powerful lords.

At the 16th century, this area made demographic and agricultural great strides which in particular made decrease for the century following the plague, the famines and the emigration.

At the 18th century, one also attended a demographic rise accompanied by the general extension of agriculture. The successive crises of the Monarchy, the stage of the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera and the advent of the II {{E}} République were lived in the area with an intensity comparable with the other Spanish territories. The decades which followed the civil war were marked by a massive emigration towards the urban centres of the other areas and abroad. In the years 1950 and 1960, more 500 000 people emigrated thus mainly towards Madrid, Valence and Catalonia.

The promulgation of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the creation of the State of Autonomies are the starting point for a new era of political organization.

The current statute of the autonomous community of Castille it Manche goes back to 1982. Jose Bono, member of the PSOE (Spanish working Socialist party) was president of this area of 1983 to 2004, year when it yielded his station to Jose María Barreda to become Minister for Defense.

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Simple: Castile it Mancha

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