The '''Reconquista''' was the reconquest by [[Christian]]s of the Iberian Peninsula (nowadays [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]]), which was under [[Muslim]] control. The Reconquista lasted from c.722 AD with the success of [[Pelayo]] over the Muslim armies at [[Covadonga]], and was completed in 1492, when the Christian Spanish [[King]] [[Ferdinand]] and [[Queen]] [[Isabella]] gained control of the only remaining [[Moor]]ish enclave (the small [[Kingdom]] of [[Granada]] in southern Spain). | The '''Reconquista''' was the reconquest by [[Christian]]s of the Iberian Peninsula (nowadays [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]]), which was under [[Muslim]] control. The Reconquista lasted from c.722 AD with the success of [[Pelayo]] over the Muslim armies at [[Covadonga]], and was completed in 1492, when the Christian Spanish [[King]] [[Ferdinand]] and [[Queen]] [[Isabella]] gained control of the only remaining [[Moor]]ish enclave (the small [[Kingdom]] of [[Granada]] in southern Spain). |