24/12/2020
Boabdil: the Sultan ally of the Catholic Kings who handed over Granada
Author: César Cervera Boabdil, nicknamed by Christians as &l...
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31/10/2020
Martyrs of Córdoba and the political use of blasphemy and martyrdom
The Islamic presence in the Iberian Peninsula was something remarkable, and its legacy is still visible today. However, just over a century after the ...
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The Slavic Warriors and Rulers of Islamic Spain (al-Andalus)
These can be subdivided into two groups: one consisted of slaves of Slavic origin who were recognized as highly valued goods there, and the other were...
Read more »28/09/2020
Did the Muslims just “invaded” Iberian Peninsula?
The decline of Rome due to the various barbarian invasions caused the empire to adopt the ”foederati”, a system by which less hostile trib...
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Banu Qasi: The Muslim dynasty of Visigoth origin
Text by: David Porrinas González ...
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The Muslim physician killed by the Inquisition for saving the king’s life with “witchcraft”
Written by: Pedro Gaião The year 1492 is a watershed in the history of the Iberian Peninsula. In the previous decades, ...
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