Is the reconquest of Al-Andalus really a reconquest?
The other day, my history teacher mentioned that the Reconquista is an excuse for Christians to conquer that territory, because the passage of time from when Muslims controlled the entire Iberian Peninsula until the end of the Reconquista is exaggerated.
But the Reconquista actually began at the Battle of Covadonga, and it wasn’t many years after the Muslims had stopped conquering the Iberian Peninsula.
He also said it’s a myth invented to unite Christians since, for example, Muslims also fought against them in the Taifa kingdoms. He even mentioned that Christians and Muslims had united to defeat the Franks.
To what extent is all this true?
(sorry for my english)
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