1. The Reconquest

This is just a simplified guide. The questions are not central to the discussion in this class, but rather basic starting points. Prof. Jorge Majfud

1. What was the Reconquest about?
2. What was the most developed empire during those centuries?
3. Who persecuted the Jews and forced them to convert to another religion?

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‘El triunfo de la Santa Cruz’, de Marceliano Santa María, depicting La batalla de las Navas de Tolosa in 1212. Iicono pictórico de la Reconquista, 1893.

The following pages are not required reading for this course but are intended to provide a different perspective on little-known and often unknown facts, documented by primary sources.