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The '''Reconquista''' was the reconquest by [[Christian]]s of [[Spain]], which was under [[Muslim]] control.  The Reconquista lasted from c.722 AD with the success of [[Pelayo]] over the Muslim armies at [[Covadonga]], to 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 [[Spain]], 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).

As part of the "Rechritianization" process, the [[Spanish Inquisition]] was begun, and the [[Jewish]] population of the [[Iberian penninsula]] was expelled.

 

As part of the "Rechritianization" process after the long war which had seen non-Christians work with the Islamic invaders, the [[Spanish Inquisition]] was begun, and the [[Jewish]] population of Spain was expelled.

 

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