Reconquista
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The Reconquista or the fall of al-Andalus was a series of military campaigns by northern Iberian Christian polities against Muslim-ruled al-Andalus, which had previously been part of the Visigothic Ki
Detail of the Cantiga #63 (13th century), which deals with a late 10th-century battle in San Esteban de Gormaz involving the troops of Count García and Almanzor
One of the arguments challenging the concept of Reconquista is that for the majority of the 781 years of Islamic rule in Iberia, Muslims and Christians coexisted and were not at war with each other.
Don Pelayo in Covadonga, Luis de Madrazo y kuntz, The painting depicts Don Pelayo, the first monarch of the Kingdom of Asturias, in the Battle of Covadonga, where he achieved the first Christian victory over Muslim forces in the Iberian Peninsula. This event is traditionally regarded as the symbolic beginning of the Reconquista.
Saint James the Great depicted as Saint James the Moor-slayer
Portugal in the Middle Ages
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The Kingdom of Portugal was established from the county of Portugal in the 1130s, ruled by the Portuguese House of Burgundy. During most of the 12th and 13th centuries, its history is chiefly that of
King Denis I of Portugal
Ferdinand I of Portugal
João I
A depiction of the Battle of Aljubarrota