events
Reconquista: Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Muslim invasion at the Battle of Río Salado.
Related Wikipedia articles
Reconquista
Medieval Christian military campaigns
The Reconquista or the fall of al-Andalus was a series of military and cultural campaigns that European Christian kingdoms waged against Muslim-ruled al-Andalus, culminating in the reign of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Portugal
Country in Southwestern Europe
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares the longest uninterrupted border in the European…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Crown of Castile
Former country in the Iberian Peninsula from 1230 to 1715
The Crown of Castile was a medieval polity in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and, some decades later, the parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accession of the then Castilian king,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Río Salado
1340 battle in Spain
The Battle of Río Salado also known as the Battle of Tarifa was a battle between the armies of King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile against those of Sultan Abu al-Hasan 'Ali of the Marinids and Yusuf I of the Granada.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)