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- DictionaryRe·con·quest/rēˈkäNGkwəst/
noun
- 1. the action of conquering a place or people again: "the military reconquest of the northern regions"
1 day ago · The Reconquista was a war with long periods of respite between the adversaries, partly for pragmatic reasons and also due to infighting among the Christian kingdoms of the North spanning over seven centuries. Some populations practiced Islam or Christianity as their own religion during these centuries, so the identity of contenders changed over ...
1 day ago · The achievements of Afonso’s reign—the completion of the Reconquista, the assertion of royal power before the church, and the incorporation of the commoners in the Cortes—indicate important institutional advances. Under his son Dinis (1279–1325), Portugal came into closer touch with western Europe.
Sep 6, 2024 · When the brigantines were ready, Cortés began his reconquest of Mexico. He carried the brigantines to just outside Tenochtitlan, and then dug an enormous sealed canal, so he could secretly put the brigantines into Lake Texcoco.
2 days ago · The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition (Spanish: Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición), commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition (Inquisición española), was established in 1478 by the Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile.
6 days ago · El Cid - Castilian Warrior, Valencia Conquest, Reconquista: The Cid’s first step was to eliminate the influence of the counts of Barcelona in that area. This was done when Berenguer Ramón II was humiliatingly defeated at Tébar, near Teruel (May 1090).
3 days ago · As the kings of Castile endeavoured to strengthen monarchical power in the late medieval centuries, they encountered a stiff challenge from the nobility, who tried to use the institutions of government for their own interests.
Sep 7, 2024 · This photograph testifies to the catastrophic change that transformed ancient Mexico after 1521. A once great civilization, the Mexica Empire was left in ruins when the Spaniards razed Tenochtitlan to replace it with a Spanish capital, Mexico City.
