The invention of the Reconquista. Notes on the history of a word

Authors

  • Alessandro Vanoli Università degli Studi di Milano

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/93

Keywords:

Middle Ages, Historiography, Spain, Reconquista

Abstract

The author shows how the word reconquista began to forge in the same context and at the same time when the word Spain was conceived with a national meaning, so defining a long process, full of complications and not always coherent.

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Published

2008-12-15

How to Cite

Vanoli, Alessandro. 2008. “The Invention of the Reconquista. Notes on the History of a Word”. Reti Medievali Journal 9 (1):Art. #5. https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/93.

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