The Encyclopædia Britannica explains: “With its large Muslim and Jewish populations, medieval Spain was the only multiracial and multireligious country in western Europe, and much of the development of Spanish civilization in religion, literature, art, and architecture during the later Middle Ages stemmed from this fact. ”
The Encyclopædia Britannica menjelaskan, ” Karena besarnya populasi Muslim dan Yahudi, Spanyol abad pertengahan menjadi satu - satunya negeri multirasial dan multiagama di Eropa Barat; dan, banyak perkembangan di Spanyol dalam bidang agama, sastra, seni, dan arsitektur selama akhir Abad Pertengahan muncul dari situasi ini. ”