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Reign of Alfonso X and the Castilian Reconquista (1270s)
In the 1270s Castile's Alfonso X pressed Granada and the Andalusian frontier while legislating via the Siete Partidas;…
Timeline
- 1272–1274Burgos · CastileSome great nobles rose in revolt over fiefs, succession, and royal policies; Alfonso X gradually quelled the unrest under papal mediation and military pressure, and relations between the crown and the Cortes were further institutionalized afterward.
- 1275–1279Andalusian frontier · Al-AndalusCastilian forces launched offensives along the Córdoba–Jaén line against the Emirate of Granada and Marinid reinforcements from North Africa, contesting frontier fortresses and trade routes and creating the military and political conditions for the later sieges of strategic ports such as Algeciras.
Sources
- Alfonso X, the Learned: A Biography — Joseph F. O'Callaghan (1993)
- A History of Medieval Spain — Joseph F. O'Callaghan (1975)