The term Reconquista suggests a heroic reclaiming of lost Christian lands—but how accurate is that narrative? This video ...

The closing stages of the Reconquista, or the Christian reconquest of Islamic Spain, coincided with the Inquisition, an institution within the Roman Catholic Church that was sanctioned by the ...

Spain remained under Roman control for nearly ... Over the centuries, the northern Christian kingdoms began the Reconquista, ...

One was on the Rock of Gibraltar, a pocket of British territory next to mainland Spain, and the other was ... Ceuta in 1415 when the Christian Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula swept across ...

1992 was a landmark year for Spain: it marked the fifth centenary of the so-called “Discovery” of America, the end of the Reconquista, and the expulsion of Jews and Muslims by the Catholic Kings.