The document summarizes the Reconquista of Spain, which was the nearly 800-year period when Christian kingdoms gradually recaptured the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors. It provides a timeline of key events, noting that the Muslim invasion began in 711 AD and that the Reconquista was not completed until 1492, when all Muslims and Jews were expelled from Spain. The document also includes background information on how Spain initially came under Muslim control and on the tolerant Moorish kingdom that ruled for several centuries.

1. La Reconquista de España
de Stanley Garland, Ed.S

2. Reminder: Spain conquered by Muslim
Invaders
• In the early 700’s
AD
• Muslim invaders
called Moorsfrom North
Africa

3. Timeline
• 711: Muslim Invasion begins
• 718: Muslim rule @ peak (incl. most of Spain and
part of France)
• 718: Reconquista begins in far north
• 756: Moorish Kingdom established
• 1130: Half of Iberia has been reconquered
• 1236: Cordoba (Moorish capital) captured
• 1492: Reconquista completed; all Muslims & Jews
expelled (kicked out) from Spain

4. A picture is worth 1000 words

6. Now that the Crusades are
over, what do we do? I don’t
wanna go back to my farm…
Let’s go fight the Muslims in Spain!
We’ll get some more loot and get an
indulgence for our sins!!!
Sweet…

7. Background
• Spain under Muslim control since 711
• Moorish Kingdom
– Multicultural kingdom with religious tolerance:
Jews, Christians (majority), & Muslims
– Highly advanced Medieval civilization

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