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An earlier generation of Spanish scholars, and for that matter the 1961 Charlton Heston movie, presented the Cid as a militant emblem of the "Reconquest," the Christian struggle against Islamic Spain that lasted from the Arab invasion of 711 until the fall of Granada in 1492.
A Spanish Epic Retold Paul Freedman 2009
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An earlier generation of Spanish scholars, and for that matter the 1961 Charlton Heston movie, presented the Cid as a militant emblem of the "Reconquest," the Christian struggle against Islamic Spain that lasted from the Arab invasion of 711 until the fall of Granada in
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The native population became overwhelmingly Muslim, but the Reconquest of Spain, completed in 1492, was nevertheless primarily a healthy reaction to the "rigid, intolerant and anti- intellectual tendencies in Islamic religion and culture."
Taking A Separate Path David Pryce-Jones 2011
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Charles Julian Bishko, “The Spanish and Portuguese Reconquest, 1095–1492,” from Harry W. Hazard, ed., A History of the Crusades, Vol.
Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010
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Daughters of the Reconquest: Women in Castilian Town Society, 1100 – 1300.
Spain. 2009
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Daughters of the Reconquest: Women in Castilian Town Society, 1100 – 1300.
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They vaulted into prominence when they started pulling votes from the traditionally right wing parties, be they monarchist, Catholic, etc, etc, in much the same way that Franco and the Falangists had the overwhelming support of both the landowners and the Catholic Church in their “Second Reconquest,” with both groups being profoundly anti-labor, anti-secular and utterly reactionary.
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Sirdar & Khalifa, or, The Reconquest of the Sudan London: Chapman & Hall, 1898.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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Sirdar & Khalifa, or, The Reconquest of the Sudan London: Chapman & Hall, 1898.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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Sirdar & Khalifa, or, The Reconquest of the Sudan London: Chapman & Hall, 1898.
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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