Christian Reconquista Advance

Timeline

1. 1212Las Navas de Tolosa · AndalusiaAfter the victory at Las Navas de Tolosa, Alfonso VIII and the kings and commanders resolved to press on, no longer content with repelling the Almohad main force, and set about recovering the towns of Andalusia long held by Muslims.
2. 1212Province of Jaén · Province of JaénCastilian forces captured the strategic towns of Baeza and Úbeda in the summer and autumn of that year, severing Muslim north–south links and pushing the Christian line of control south of the Guadalquivir River.
3. 1212–1220Iberian Peninsula · Iberian PeninsulaThe territorial advances of 1212 shifted the balance of power on the peninsula; Muslim regimes withdrew to the south while the Christian kingdoms gradually integrated the newly recovered regions through administration, settlement, and church organization, opening the long phase of the Reconquista culminating in the final conquest of the Kingdom of Granada.