Reconquista

Proper noun

Meaning

the Reconquista

(Iberian history) the process by which the Christian countries of Spain and Portugal were reconquered and regained from the Moors

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After the Reconquista and expulsion of non-Christians and Moriscos from Spain, many Spanish Muslims and Jews also arrived. Source: Internet

But between 1609 and 1614 King Felipe III expelled thousands of Moriscos who had remained in Valencia after the Reconquista, due to their cooperation with Barbary pirates who continually attacked coastal cities and caused much harm to trade. Source: Internet

Denis believed that the Order's assets should by their nature stay in any given Order instead of being taken by the King, largely for the Templars' contribution to the Reconquista and the reconstruction of Portugal after the wars. Source: Internet

After several campaigns, the Portuguese part in the Reconquista came to an end with the definitive capture of the Algarve in 1249. Source: Internet

Classifications and later consequences Moros y cristianos celebrated in many towns and cities of Spain, to commemorate the battles of Reconquista. Source: Internet

In between was a period of Christian unification under Navarrese hegemony and success in the Reconquista against the taifa kingdoms that replaced the fallen caliphate. Source: Internet

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