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al-Andalus
Arabic name given to the geographical area of the Iberian Peninsula that came under Muslim control in the MA, from 711 to 1492. This period is often referred to as ...
Alfonso VIII of Castile
(c. 1155–1214),king of Castile (1158–1214). Alfonso VIII inherited the throne of Castile at the age of two from his father, Sancho III (r. 1157–1158). Sancho’s premature death left his ...
Algarve
Southernmost region of present-day Portugal, stretching from the mouth of the Guadiana river in the east to Cape St Vincent in the west. Its history reaches back to antiquity. Its ...
Aragon
An autonomous region of NE Spain, bounded on the north by the Pyrenees and on the east by Catalonia and Valencia; capital, Saragossa. Formerly an independent kingdom, which was conquered in the 5th ...
Castile
A region of central Spain, on the central plateau of the Iberian peninsula, formerly an independent Spanish kingdom. The marriage of Isabella of Castile to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 linked these ...
jihad
A holy war undertaken by Muslims against unbelievers. The name comes from Arabic jihād, literally ‘effort’, expressing, in Muslim thought, struggle on behalf of God and Islam.
Jiménez de Rada, Rodrigo
(1170–1247)From a Navarrese family, he studied in Bologna and Paris. Winning favour with Alfonso VIII of Castile, he was made in quick succession bishop of Osma (1208), then archbishop ...
Las Huelgas
The royal monastery of Las Huelgas, founded in c.1180 by King Alfonso VIII of Castile at the request of his wife Eleanor of England, was built in the outskirts of ...
Navarre
An autonomous region of northern Spain, on the border with France; capital, Pamplona. It represents the southern part of the former kingdom of Navarre, which was conquered by Ferdinand in 1512 and ...
Navas de Tolosa, Las Reference library
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
A decisive battle won over the Almohades in July 1212 south of Calatrava by the armies of kings Alfonso VIII
Navas de Tolosa, battle of Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
The decisive battle of the *Reconquista. The forces of the *Almohad Empire, apparently at the height of its power,
Order of Calatrava
The Order of Calatrava was one of the first native Military orders founded in the Iberian peninsula, in the 12th century. Its origins go back to the recovery of a ...
pastoureaux
Under the name “crusades of the pastoureaux” are grouped together three waves of rather enigmatic departures of children, poor people or shepherds for the Holy Land, which they reckoned themselves ...
Peter II of Aragon
(c.1174–1213)In 1196, Peter II inherited the kingdom of Aragon and the Catalan counties from his father Alfonso II. In 1204 he married Maria, lady of Pontpellier. Close to Alfonso ...
Reconquista
The Muslim conquest of the Iberian peninsula began with the invasion of 711; the peninsula was largely subdued by 718, when the mixed Arab and Berber army crossed the Pyrenees ...
Toledo
A city in central Spain on the River Tagus, which from the first century was famous for its steel and sword blades; from the late 16th century, Toledo was used for a sword made there, or for one of ...
