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Queen Isabella reconquered Spain, She also funded and gave 3 of her boats the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa maria, which all but one sank, this lead to finding the new world which we know today as America. Columbus brought back a few hundred native Americans to be slaves, which is when Isabella saw the conditions they worked in, so she sent them back and enforced a new law, that "ALL, Indians and Native Americans are to be treated fairly and justly, to the people and their home town. That is what she is most famous for...i hope this helps a bit....
Arab Muslims conquered most of Spain in a series of battles from 711 C.E. to 750 C.E. However, the Catholic Kingdoms of northern Spain were able to expel the Arab Muslim conquerors over the course of the subsequent 700-800 years.
Chirstians tired to expel Muslims from Spain
The purpose of the Reconquista was that the Christians wanted to expel the Spanish Muslims (better known as Moors) in the 11th century.
Christian's tried to expel Muslims from Spain.Apex.
Jews and Muslims
As a general answer, the Christian Kingdoms of northern Spain (Castille, Leon, Portugal, Aragon, etc.) wished to drive the Muslims out of Spain. These kingdoms eventually consolidated (except Portugal) into the Kingdom of Spain, led by Queen Isabella of Castille and King Ferdinand of Aragon, who made it their mission to remove the last Islamic Kingdom of Granada and expel all Muslims from Spain with the Inquisition.
reconquista
Queen Isabella reconquered Spain, She also funded and gave 3 of her boats the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa maria, which all but one sank, this lead to finding the new world which we know today as America. Columbus brought back a few hundred native Americans to be slaves, which is when Isabella saw the conditions they worked in, so she sent them back and enforced a new law, that "ALL, Indians and Native Americans are to be treated fairly and justly, to the people and their home town. That is what she is most famous for...i hope this helps a bit....
Arab Muslims conquered most of Spain in a series of battles from 711 C.E. to 750 C.E. However, the Catholic Kingdoms of northern Spain were able to expel the Arab Muslim conquerors over the course of the subsequent 700-800 years.
Chirstians tired to expel Muslims from Spain
The purpose of the Reconquista was that the Christians wanted to expel the Spanish Muslims (better known as Moors) in the 11th century.
The Spanish Inquisition, formally, the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, was a tribunal established in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms, and to replace the medieval inquisition which was under papal control. The Inquisition worked in large part to ensure the orthodoxy of recent converts, especially Jews, Muslims and others. Various motives have been proposed for the monarchs' decision to found the Inquisition, such as increasing political authority, weakening opposition, suppressing conversos, and profiting from confiscation of the property of convicted heretics. The new body was under the direct control of the Spanish monarchy. It was not definitively abolished until 1833, during the reign of Isabella II.For more information go to Wikipedia.org
The Spanish Inquisition, formally, the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition, was a tribunal established in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms, and to replace the medieval inquisition which was under papal control. The Inquisition worked in large part to ensure the orthodoxy of recent converts, especially Jews, Muslims and others. Various motives have been proposed for the monarchs' decision to found the Inquisition, such as increasing political authority, weakening opposition, suppressing conversos, and profiting from confiscation of the property of convicted heretics. The new body was under the direct control of the Spanish monarchy. It was not definitively abolished until 1833, during the reign of Isabella II.For more information go to Wikipedia.org
Christian's tried to expel Muslims from Spain.Apex.
If you are asking about the independence from the Moors then the answer is a lot of people won independence over a 700 year period. The fight to expel the Moors took that long. How, if you are asking who was in charge at the end, it was Queen Isabel I of Castile and Leon, and King Ferdinand II of Aragon who led the final campaign to expel the Moors in 1492.
Isabella of Castile was a powerful queen as Europe passed from the Late Middle Ages to the Renaissance. When she was eighteen she already favored jewels and beautiful gowns which she wore throughout her life. She had beautiful blue eyes and chestnut hair and was just striking. Isabella was queen of Castile from 1474 to 1505, and she had to fight a civil war to secure her throne. Her marriage to Ferdinand II of Aragon began a thirty five year joint rule of a unified Spain by the Catholic Monarchs. Ferdinand and Isabella succeeded as joint sovereigns to the throne of Castile on the death of Isabella's half brother Henry IV in December of 1474. From 1481 the "Catholic Kings," as Ferdinand and Isabella were known, ruled both kingdoms jointly, but it was a union of crowns not countries. The two kingdoms maintained their separate laws, institutions and governments. In 1478, they established the Spanish Inquisition as a royal council under royal control. In 1492 The Inquisition persuaded the Catholic Kings to expel the Jews whose conversion to Christianity was doubtful. It was typical of Isabella's political vision that she agreed to finance the expedition of Christopher Columbus which brought the New World and wealth to Spain. If it weren't for Queen Isabella of Spain, Christopher Columbus would never been able to set sail. Isabella took an interest in the Native Americans of the new lands and when some of them were brought back to Spain as slaves she had them returned and freed, she wanted the Indians to be treated fairly. Isabella had five children: Isabel, John, Joan, Maria, and Catherine. Of her five children, two of them were deceased before Isabella, also her grandson and heir passed on, which brought many sorrows during her last few years. Also her daughter Joanna Juana la Loca was mentally unstable and her son Charles, after Ferdinand's death, became Holy Roman Emperor. Catherine was the first wife of Henry VIII of England and mother of Mary I of England. Through all of this Isabella found the time for education, which was very important to her. She learned Latin at age thirty five. Also, she wanted scholars to set up palace schools at her court. She also educated her sons and daughters. Isabella lived a life as a mother, wife, Catholic and queen. Her dream was for continued rule for her family, which was successful, and greatness for her country.