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The Reconquista (Spanish and Portuguese for "reconquest") or the reconquest of al-Andalus was the successful series of military campaigns that European Christian kingdoms waged against the Muslim kingdoms following the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula by the Umayyad Caliphate.
May 13, 2024 · Reconquista, in medieval Spain and Portugal, a series of campaigns by Christian states to recapture territory from the Muslims (Moors), who had occupied most of the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th century. Learn more about the history and significance of the Reconquista in this article.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
La lucha entre ambas partes de la Península —es decir, la cristiana, fragmentada, y la musulmana, tan pronto unida como desmenuzada en diversos reinos— se convirtió en la reconquista: se entiende, reconquista de la parte musulmana por los cristianos.
Oct 5, 2018 · The Reconquista (Reconquest) or Iberian Crusades were military campaigns largely conducted between the 11th and 13th century CE to liberate southern Portuguese and Spanish territories, then known as al-Andalus, from the Muslim Moors who had conquered and held them since the 8th century CE.
- Mark Cartwright
Oct 5, 2018 · Un artículo que explica el proceso histórico de la liberación de la península ibérica de los musulmanes entre los siglos XI y XIII, con el apoyo de la Iglesia y las órdenes militares. Incluye mapas, imágenes, citas y enlaces a otros idiomas.
- Mark Cartwright
Jan 15, 2022 · The Reconquista, the reconquest of Spain, lasted seven centuries, from the 8th century to the 15th century. During that time the Iberian Peninsula was liberated from Muslim rule.
Dec 3, 2023 · Learn about the centuries-long struggle of Christian kingdoms to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula from Islamic rule, known as the Reconquista. Discover the role of the military orders, the religious motivation, the cultural exchange and the legacy of this medieval conflict.
