Reconquista
Peninsula's Christian reconquest
Reconquista is the centuries-long campaign by Christian kingdoms to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula from Muslim rule, culminating in 1492 with the fall of Granada.
The term, Spanish for "reconquest," now appears in contemporary rhetoric about immigration, where some use it to frame demographic shifts in the American Southwest as a Mexican reclaiming of former territory: They warn about a demographic reconquista.
Andalusian city with Moorish palace
- ToledoCity in Spain or Ohio
- CórdobaSpanish and Argentine city
- Al-AndalusMedieval Islamic Spain
- FerdinandTraditional male given name
Isabella · Castile · Aragon · crusade · 711 · 1492 · Santiago · Matamoros
Collective Christian world
- IslamQuranic monotheistic religion
- conversionAct of changing states
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- mosqueIslamic house of worship
expulsion · Inquisition · baptism · pilgrimage · crusade · martyrdom · holy war · relic
Increase in scope
- frontierEdge of settlement
- borderlandsTerritory near a boundary
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
castle · stronghold · settlement · colonization · land grant · encomienda · charter · kingdom
Converting between languages
- ArabicSemitic language family member
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
- LatinAncient Roman language
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
coexistence · syncretism · Sephardic · troubadour · poetry · architecture · astronomy · philosophy
Devotion to one's country
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- identityWho someone is
- historiographyStudy of history-writing
- FrancoSpanish surname, famous dictator
golden age · unification · empire · colonialism · Americas · expulsion · cultural memory · commemoration
Granada
Andalusian city with Moorish palace
- ToledoCity in Spain or Ohio
- CórdobaSpanish and Argentine city
- Al-AndalusMedieval Islamic Spain
Ferdinand · Isabella · Castile · Aragon · crusade · 711 · 1492 · Santiago · Matamoros · caliphate
Christendom
Collective Christian world
- IslamQuranic monotheistic religion
- conversionAct of changing states
- cathedralBishop's principal church
mosque · expulsion · Inquisition · baptism · pilgrimage · crusade · martyrdom · holy war · relic · bishop
expansion
Increase in scope
- frontierEdge of settlement
- borderlandsTerritory near a boundary
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
fortress · castle · stronghold · settlement · colonization · land grant · encomienda · charter · kingdom · duchy
translation
Converting between languages
scholarship · coexistence · syncretism · Sephardic · troubadour · poetry · architecture · astronomy · philosophy · libraries
nationalism
Devotion to one's country
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- identityWho someone is
- historiographyStudy of history-writing
Franco · golden age · unification · empire · colonialism · Americas · expulsion · cultural memory · commemoration · revisionism
Reconquistaconquest
Defeating and seizing control
cession · surrender · capitulation · fragmentation · retreat
conquer, conquest, conquered, conquering, reconquer, conquistador, unconquered, conquerable, reconquest