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The Forgotten Templar Crusade – Spain and Portugal

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Tony McMahon

The Knights Templar were involved in a bitter seven centuries long crusade in Spain and Portugal between Christian and Muslim kingdoms

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Muslim Spain in the Middle Ages

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Tony McMahon

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In the year 711, only decades after the death of the prophet Mohammed, the Iberian peninsula was invaded right up to the Pyrenees and beyond. In fact, the Muslim army got as far as the city of Tours in France…

Category: Templar History Tags: Andalus, Caliphate, convento, convivencia, Cordoba, crusade, España, Espanha, france, Iberian Peninsula, Islam, Pyrenees, reconquista, spain, Visigoth

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