Articles related to "Reconquista"

The Muslim conquest of the Iberian peninsula in 711 seemed complete by 718. But some of their Christian neighbors had other ideas.

The Reconquest of Spain (711-1492) was the first major conflict between Islam and Christianity where Christianity eventually won.

Isabella and Ferdinand's reign heralded in a golden age and marked the beginning of Spain's modern history with the Reconquista, Christopher Columbus and the Inquisition.

The first Crusade (1096-1099) stoked the flames of what was to become a cataclysmic explosion between the two great religions of the medieval world.

The origins of the Crusades in general and the First Crusade in particular have been widely debated by scholars and historians.

The desperation by Christian leaders to repel the Muslim presence in Spain in the 8th Century led to a greatly relaxed chivalric code in Spain.

Two churches deserve a place on Buenos Aires' sightseeing list: St. John's Anglican Cathedral and Basílica de NS de la Merced with the convent of San Ramón.

Argentina's first bank was founded in Buenos Aires in 1822. Others followed and their history is displayed in architectural buildings and museums in Capital Federal.

In 1713 the Treaty of Utrecht ended the War of Spanish Secession (Queen Anne's War) and left the United Kingdom as masters of the Rock of Gibraltar.

The most popular stories of the middle ages today are the romances of knights and Kings. But these romances inspired another kind of literature which succeeded it.

Cantar de Mío Cid, combination of legend and historical facts about a Castilian nobleman hero, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar during the Middle Ages at the old kingdom of Castilla

The Fourteenth Century in Europe is marked by widespread destruction and death, caused by a series of calamities that transitioned society into the early modern period.

The Spanish Empire was pushed forward and brought to its initial scale and power, not by armies of the State, but by freelance Conquistadors.

Religion, economic prosperity and material wealth are what strongly motivated the Spanish Monarchs' desire to enlarge Spain's territories.