Reconquest scene
(Cántigas de Santa María, Alfonso X
1260)
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A gradual political
dismembering of the arabic-andalusian territories opens
its doors to the Christian kingdoms of the north of the
Peninsula, offering its rich cultural crucible. Starting
the castilianization process in 1236, the year in which
Cordoba is conquered and ended the Reconquest in 1492 with
the taking of Granada. Although it is a general belief that
"Castilla became more Andalusian than Andalusia did
Castilian", from the 15th century onwards other cultural
ways had free access adding more shades to the musical repertoire
of a dying Al-Andalus. The metrics from many coplas, taken
from Castilian romances, and seguidillas keep the legacy
and even the rhythmic pattern found in the different styles
of flamenco.
