Moorish Bullfighting Research Paper

Bullfighting, for some time now, has had strong connotations with the Spaniards and this is predominantly because of the invasion of ‘Al-Andalus’ by an exceptionally influential North African army, commonly known as the ‘Moors’. The Moorish invasion of the Iberian Peninsula revolutionised the make-up of the Spanish society for nearly 800 years and with this came innovative forms of architecture, technology and a variety of unique traditions. The year 711 commenced the takeover of southern Spain and it was the Moors that inaugurated this modern concept of bullfighting by making it stand as a ritualistic occasion observed by huge audiences.
However, it wasn’t until the year 1133 that bullfighting (corrida de toros) started to take form in the