Spanish Reconquista

The death of Saint Ferdinand III, the very noble King of Castile and Leon

May 28, 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

Muslim demands knighthood from his captive Louis IX

December 29, 2011

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

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

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