Reconquista

Kingdoms, shifting frontiers and the people of medieval Iberia, 711–1492.

Reconquista is the conventional name for the expansion of Christian kingdoms at the expense of Muslim-ruled territories in medieval Iberia. It was not a single uninterrupted campaign: rival rulers made alliances across religious lines, and Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities lived through changing forms of rule. This glossary begins with two snapshots from the 11th century.