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For the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian peninsula, the rapid territorial expansion which took place between the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212 and the fall of Seville in 1248 created a broad frontier with Muslim al-Andalus which would stand for two and a half centuries.…

Historians who specialize in the study of the Holocaust and genocide often view the medieval period as merely a precursor to the genocides that dominated the 18th, 19th, and 20th century. These historians typically argue that the medieval period marked a shift from tribal prejud…

Less than a century after the emergence of Islam in Arabia, the Muslim conquered Iberia and reached the south of France. The sudden appearance of the new conquerors north of the Straits of Gibraltar cause a great deal of anxiety among the Christians of Western Europe. Once the m…