Spanish Reconquista

Moslem Seville surrenders to King Saint Ferdinand

November 23, 2023

How a Catholic Queen gave Spain its Golden Age

November 23, 2023

The Death of the Cid in Valencia

September 28, 2023

King Bucar From Africa Besieges the Cid in Valencia

September 7, 2023

El Cid’s Daughters Marry the Princes of Aragon and Navarre

August 3, 2023

Though Already Dead, the Cid Defeats King Bucar of Morocco

June 15, 2023

After Years of Banishment and Having Conquered Valencia, El Cid Meets With King Alfonso VI of Castile

June 1, 2023

Like Others Before Him, the Sultan of Persia’s Ambassador Becomes Speechless Before the Cid

April 20, 2023

El Cid Routs the Muslim King Bucar, Driving Him Into the Sea

April 6, 2023

El Cid Gives King Alfonso the Tent of King Yucef

March 9, 2023

El Cid Defeats King Yusuf and His Moorish Army Outside Valencia

February 23, 2023

El Cid Is Besieged in Valencia by King Yusuf of Morocco and a Large Army of Moors

February 2, 2023

El Cid’s Wife and Daughters Join Him in Valencia

January 19, 2023

A Fighting Bishop Joins El Cid in Valencia

January 5, 2023

El Cid Rejoices With His Good Fortune

November 17, 2022

The Enemies of El Cid Poison King Alfonso VI of Castile Against Him Again

November 3, 2022

El Cid Repays His Loan, Redeeming His Pawned Sand-Filled Chests

October 20, 2022

El Cid Becomes Lord of Valencia

August 25, 2022

El Cid Gives Valencia to King Alfonso

August 4, 2022

The Almoravid King of Seville Attacks El Cid in Valencia and Is Routed

July 21, 2022

El Cid Defeats Two Moorish Kings

June 2, 2022

The Cid and King Don Alfonso VI of León and Castile Conquer Toledo

May 12, 2022

El Cid Punishes the Perfidy of the Moors of Rueda

April 21, 2022

The Cid Sends Alvar Fanez to King Alfonso With a Gift of Thirty Horses

January 27, 2022

El Cid Helps King Ferdinand I of Leon Conquer Coimbra

January 13, 2022

El Cid Is Made a Knight

November 11, 2021

How Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar Became Known as “El Cid”

October 7, 2021

3. The Invincibility of the Counter-Revolution

January 21, 2021

July 16 – Catholic Spain’s fate in the balance at the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

July 13, 2020

Slogans of the Revolution

July 9, 2020

Lepanto: Turkish might buckles in the grandest naval battle of History

October 3, 2019

October 1 – The martial and pious death of Don John of Austria: “A man sent by God”

September 30, 2019

But for Just War, the West Would Be Muslim, Pagan, or Barbarian

August 22, 2019

Saint Augustine and Just War

August 15, 2019

July 16 – Catholic Spain’s fate in the balance at the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

July 15, 2019

July 16 – Alfonso VIII of Castile crushes the Moors at Las Navas de Tolosa

July 15, 2019

May 30 – Most Valiant King

May 27, 2019

How Don John went into battle

March 14, 2019

Moslem Seville surrenders to Saint Ferdinand

November 22, 2018

The Cross of Caravaca

November 1, 2018

The Beginning of the Granada Rebellion

October 18, 2018

Lepanto: Turkish might buckles in the grandest naval battle of History

October 4, 2018

July 16 – Catholic Spain’s fate in the balance at the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

July 12, 2018

July 16 – Alfonso VIII of Castile crushes the Moors at Las Navas de Tolosa

July 12, 2018

There was a man sent from God whose name was John

May 10, 2018

Three Monarchs: Two Saints and a Tyrant – Part II

April 26, 2018

April 30 – “Thank God for the victory”

April 26, 2018

Three Monarchs: Two Saints and a Tyrant – Part I

April 19, 2018

Luis de Quijada dies for Don John of Austria

February 15, 2018

Don John of Austria Does His Best To Quell The Dutch Revolt

January 4, 2018

November 23 – Saint Ferdinand takes Seville

November 20, 2017

Pagan Natural Uprightness and the Extravagance of Apostates

October 12, 2017

Catholic and Muslim Reactions to the News of the Turkish Defeat at Lepanto

October 5, 2017

How King St. Ferdinand besieged Jaén and how God gave it to him with the whole kingdom of Granada

August 31, 2017

July 16 – Alfonso VIII of Castile crushes the Moors at Las Navas de Tolosa

July 13, 2017

Lepanto: Turkish might buckles in the grandest naval battle of History

October 6, 2016

In taming the barbarians, the Church funneled their combativeness to the service of Christendom, giving rise to Chivalry and the Crusades

August 18, 2016

July 16 – Alfonso VIII of Castile crushes the Moors at Las Navas de Tolosa

July 14, 2016

July 16 – Catholic Spain’s fate in the balance at the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

July 14, 2016

May 30 – Most Valiant King

May 26, 2016

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