7 days ago · Reconquista, in medieval Spain and Portugal, a series of campaigns by Christian states to recapture territory from the Muslims (Moors), ...

Spain - Conquest, Granada, Reconquista: The impact of the Muslims on Spanish life and traditions had been rather different from that of the Jews.

The conquest. In the second half of the 7th century ce (1st century ah), Byzantine strongholds in North Africa gave way before the Arab advance.

During the reign of Philip III the government of Spain either became the victim of events that it did not attempt to control or allowed its hand to be forced by ...

The long Christian campaign to recapture Spain and Portugal is known as the Reconquista, meaning “Reconquest.” Traditionally, the Reconquista is said to have ...

Spain - Reconquista, Castile, Aragon: When Ferdinand II (1479–1516; also known as Ferdinand V of Castile from 1474) succeeded to the Crown of Aragon in 1479 ...

Spain - Caliphate, Cordoba, Reconquista: One of the first international political problems that ʿAbd al-Raḥmān III faced was that of his juridical status ...

The Second Crusade had a branch focused on Iberia. However, the Reconquista was not explicitly religious until after the power of the Muslims in Spain had been ...