Question

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Answer 1

The Reconquista[note 1] (Spanish, Galician and Portuguese for "reconquest") was a period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula of about 781 years between the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711, the expansion of the Christian kingdoms throughout Hispania, and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada in 1492.

Depiction of battle, taken from the Cantigas de Santa Maria

The beginning of the Reconquista is traditionally marked with the Battle of Covadonga (718 or 722), the first known victory in Hispania by Christian military forces since the 711 military invasion undertaken by combined Arab-Berber forces. The rebellion led by Pelagius defeated a Muslim army in the mountains of northern Hispania and established the independent Christian Kingdom of Asturias.[1]

In the late 10th century, the Umayyad vizier Almanzor waged military campaigns for 30 years to subjugate the northern Christian kingdoms. His armies ravaged the north, even sacking the great Santiago de Compostela Cathedral. When the government of Córdoba disintegrated in the early 11th century, a series of petty successor states known as taifas emerged. The northern kingdoms took advantage of this situation and struck deep into al-Andalus; they fostered civil war, intimidated the weakened taifas, and made them pay large tributes (parias) for "protection".

After a Muslim resurgence in the 12th century, the great Moorish strongholds in the south fell to Christian forces in the 13th century after the decisive battle of Navas de Tolosa (1212)—Córdoba in 1236 and Seville in 1248—leaving only the Muslim enclave of Granada as a tributary state in the south. After 1492, the entire peninsula was controlled by Christian rulers. The conquest was followed by a series of edicts (1499–1526) which forced the conversions of Muslims in Spain, who were later expelled from the Iberian peninsula by the decrees of King Philip III in 1609.

Beginning in the 19th century, traditional historiography has used the term Reconquista for what was earlier thought of as a restoration of the Visigothic Kingdom over conquered territories.The concept of Reconquista, consolidated in Spanish historiography in the second half of the 19th century, was associated with the development of a Spanish national identity, emphasizing nationalistic and romantic aspects.

Answer 2

The Reconquista was a nearly eight-hundred-year effort by Christian forces in the Iberian Peninsula to reclaim land from the Muslim rulers, culminating in the fall of Granada in 1492. It had significant religious and cultural implications and is a crucial part of Spanish history.

Step-by-step explanation:

The term Reconquista refers to the period of history in the Iberian Peninsula, where Christian forces fought to reclaim territory from Muslim rulers who had established control since the early 8th century. This nearly eight-hundred-year struggle culminated in the year 1492 with the fall of Granada, ending Muslim rule in the region. The Reconquista was not only a military and political campaign but also had significant religious overtones, as it was framed as a holy war to restore Christian rule over the lands previously conquered by the Muslims.

It should be noted that the concept of the Reconquista has been critically re-evaluated by historians, as the term implies a restoration of Christian sovereignty that overlooks the complex, multicultural reality of medieval Iberia. Moreover, it frames the period in a way that privileged a Western Christian perspective. Nevertheless, the Reconquista remains a critical period in Spanish history and a significant prelude to the Age of Exploration, including the discovery of the Americas by Europeans.

The probable question can be: What was the Reconquista?