Spanish Reconquista

The Cid and King Don Alfonso VI of León and Castile Conquer Toledo

May 12, 2022

El Cid Punishes the Perfidy of the Moors of Rueda

April 21, 2022

El Cid Helps King Ferdinand I of Leon Conquer Coimbra

January 13, 2022

How King St. Ferdinand besieged Jaén and how God gave it to him with the whole kingdom of Granada

August 31, 2017

Isabella the Liberator

January 29, 2015

King Saint Ferdinand Rides to the Conquest of Córdoba

July 10, 2014

El Cid

June 16, 2014

In her anguish, the Marchioness of Cadiz appeals to her husband’s mortal enemy to rush to his aid

September 12, 2013

Ferdinand the Catholic conquers the impregnable Ronda from the Moslems

June 10, 2013

Muley Abul Hacen refuses tribute to the Catholic Kings Ferdinand and Isabel

June 3, 2013

Moslem Seville surrenders to Saint Ferdinand

April 18, 2013

Ferdinand the Catholic exposes himself to defend his men

April 8, 2013

July 16 – Catholic Spain’s fate in the balance at the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

January 24, 2013

Pedro de Vargas, Alcayde of Gibraltar, Attacks Muley Abul Hassan, King of Granada

October 8, 2012

Muley Abul Hassan is foiled in his attempt to recapture Alhama

September 6, 2012

Muley Abul Hassan, king of Granada, attacks the Christian stronghold of Zahara, slaying and reducing its inhabitants to captivity and slavery

August 23, 2012

King Ferdinand and the nobility of Andalucia rush to the aid of Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon in Alhama

July 26, 2012

The Catholic Kings’ demand for payment of tribute arrears is rebuffed by Muley Abul Hassan, King of Granada

April 16, 2012

Gonzalo de Cordoba storms Huejar to put down a Moorish insurrection

March 29, 2012

The Great Captain: Gonzalo Hernandez de Cordova

March 15, 2012

Muley Abul Hassan’s last desperate effort to recapture Alhama, and the lifting of its siege by the Duke of Medina Sidonia

March 5, 2012

King Ferdinand lifts the siege of Loja—in the retreat, Don Juan de Ribera twice saves the king

February 23, 2012

Christianity quells the fires of revenge and elicits heroic acts of valor and nobility

February 13, 2012

The “Ave Maria” that was nailed to the door of Granada’s mosque

February 6, 2012

Commentaries on how Don Alonso Peres de Guzman sacrificed his own son rather than surrender to the Muslims

February 6, 2012

The Great Captain and his form of leadership

December 12, 2011

Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon, Marques of Cadiz, takes Alhama by storm

December 5, 2011

El Cid: A living legend who was the beating heart of the Spanish Reconquista

September 26, 2011

Unwisely, King Ferdinand lays siege to Loja—death of the youthful Don Roderigo Tellez Giron, Grand Master of Calatrava

August 11, 2011

The reconquista of Granada begins: Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon chooses Alhama as his target

August 8, 2011

Queen Isabella the Catholic resolves to hold Alhama whatever the cost

July 7, 2011

Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon, Marquess of Cadiz, a mirror of chivalry

June 27, 2011

May 30 – Saint Ferdinand: “Christ redeemed us on the hard arms of the Cross, and His knight will not serve Him in any other way.”

May 30, 2011

St. Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon extends the Reconquista to Seville and the south of Spain

April 14, 2011

Don Pelayo rejects the call to surrender and triumphs at Covadonga

February 17, 2011