Question

The Christian take-over of Spain was called the Reconquista because they originally controlled Spain in the early 700’s but later lost it to the Muslims. T OR F

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

True.

The Reconquista, which means reconquest, refers to a series of campaigns by Christian states to recover territory from the Muslims who had controlled most of the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th century.

In 801 Charlemagne took Barcelona and finally settled Frankish control across the Spanish March.