... needed one day to be corrected. And then, when the Reconquest, completed in 1492, proved unsatisfactory to the victors, left as they were still with the insoluble problem of an insubordinate minority, thoughts turned to the Expulsion. The intention was to bring the peninsula back to the status quo ante...

...Beginning with the “reconquest of Jerusalem” of the British over the Turks, this chapter details the transition to British rule and the seeds sown for future conflict. The Balfour Declaration served as a clarion call both to Jews and American Evangelicals, for whom the obsession with a Jewish...

...Although Mary had been invoked by Christian men of war fighting Muslims as early as the eleventh century, her role as a saintly patron of the so-called Christian reconquest of Iberia first became visible during the crusading Christian victory over the Almohads at Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212. At Las...

.... These monarchs were particularly devoted to the Virgin of Guadalupe, whose statue was believed to have been buried in 711 by Visigoths to protect it from the invading Muslims and then unearthed in the era of Christian reconquests. Similar legends gave other Marian statues Visigothic connections and made them...

... extend to the adjoining valley of Güeña, home to the sites of Covadonga and Abamia, which bear witness to the interweaving of prehistoric memory and Medieval affairs that will be discussed in this chapter. Arab Castile Germany Magnentia Picos de Europa Reconquest Toledo Virgin Mary Zamora...

...Spanish Jewry was adept at adapting over the centuries to the changes in rule, from Visigoth to Muslim and finally to the Catholic reconquest. Nevertheless, the riots of 1391 and the forced conversions would alter the fate of the Jewish community as well as of Spain itself in ways that never could...

... changing reality, reflected the history of a country which was in the process of a lengthy transformation. In this sense, it is interesting to note that this frontier ceased to exist at the very moment when the kingdom of Castile reached its maturity of formation after the reconquest of Granada...

...This chapter examines Niccolò Machiavelli's missions during his tenure in office. Machiavelli's government activity can be divided with respect to the two most important military-political events of his career: the creation of Florence's militia toward the middle of his service and the reconquest...

... marriage Núñez Muley Don Francisco Vincent Bernard Calderón de la Barca Pedro Diálogo entre Laín Calvo y Nuño Rasura Tuzaní fictional Morisco protagonist Calderón de la Barca’s El Tuzaní de la Alpujarra Valencia Pedro de Reconquest Sentencia-estatuto Anti-semitism 1492 Fall of Granada Moriscos...

... reconquest Map 3 North Africa: an overview of important sites in the Vandal War. Created by John Wyatt Greenlee. the events of the year 533 dramatically changed the fortunes of Belisarius and Antonina, catapulting them to heights of fame and success not enjoyed by a Roman general since perhaps...

... Amalasuntha Ostrogoths Rome Byzantine warfare reconquest Sicily pope Map 4 Italy: an overview of important sites in the Gothic War. Created by John Wyatt Greenlee. in the summer of 535, Belisarius and Antonina embarked on their next audacious campaign. Justinian had appointed Belisarius...

... Uliaris Endless Peace of 532 Khusro Carthage mosaics palace rebellion travel Belisarius consul Photios Vandal Kingdom wealth Justinian Vittigis Ostrogoths Rome Byzantine warfare reconquest Ravenna Figure 9 The Porta Pinciana, which Belisarius defended during the siege of Rome, 537...

..., Italy, and Gaul were surprisingly effective in co-opting or coercing elite Romans into the new governing entourages gathering around these Vandal, Visigothic, Ostrogothic, and Frankish kings. The chapter explains how the kingdoms fell under Justinian's campaign of reconquest. It points out how...

... of the embers of Andalusia and the ongoing clashes of the Reconquest. The chapter highlights the New Jewish identities developed, the reconfiguration of political borders and population shifts on a grand scale. It explores how Toledo became the meeting place as well as a prime battleground for the many...

... as an icon of the so-called Christian reconquest, which ended in 1492. In the process, rulers of Castile and Aragon developed a Marian sense of monarchy and Mary helped define the manliness of Christian men of war. In the religiously–mixed polities of high medieval Castile and Aragon, Mary became a key...

...This chapter explores the Iberian orders’ mission in the world and relations with other social groups. Numerous kinds of sources testify that the orders’ warfare, which was crucial to the Reconquest, was understood as a spiritually meritorious activity. Popes, kings, other civil and ecclesiastical...

...This chapter discusses the origins of Castilian citizenship, which originated during the Middle Ages. During this period, the northern provinces of Castile gradually expanded southward, conquering territories previously under Muslim domination. This effort, though cast as a “reconquest...

... Singaravélou Pierre Balandier Georges Vichy France De Gaulle Charles Thomas Martin Ageron Charles Robert French Communist Party postwar France French colonies colonial reconquest re-occupation French empire colonial governance French sociologists colonialism We knew that decolonization...

... Diego ecological nature of ritual the festivity histories Indians Jemez Mountains Langdon William Chauncy New Mexico pageantry plots religion Rio Grande River the Rocky Mountains Santa Fe Southwest the American 1492 year of the reconquest of Spain Arizona California Christians New...

... this fact: in the case of Castile because the ideology behind the Reconquest prevented finishing the war against the Moors until their final expulsion from the Iberian peninsula; in the case of Granada because the Muslims were aware of this menace and, from time to time, reacted with a renewal of the spirit...