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The Reconquista was when the people from Spain and Portugal united to take back their land from the Muslim.
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Charlemagne captured Barcelona and eventually established Frankish control over the Spanish March the region between the Pyrenees and the Ebro River.
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Asturian kings, presenting themselves as the heirs to the Visigothic monarchy that had ruled Spain prior to the Muslim conquest, capitalized on dissension within the Moorish ranks and expanded their holdings.
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The Inquisition was when the Catholic Church officials tortured Jews and Muslims to convert to Christianity.
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There was a believe that there was a danger in a church from the Jewish masquerading as being a beliver of Christ.
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In 1478 Pope Sixtus, allowed Ferdinand and Isabella to establish a special branch of the Inquisition in Spain.
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The first grand Inquisitor was appointed in 1480 He is Tomas de Torquemada, who himself comes from a family of converted Jews.
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In the 14th century, war started between the Muslims and the Christians. It keep going and at one point it reached its boiling point under the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon to Isabella of castile.
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They began the quest to purge Spain of Muslim rule by invading Muslim-held Granada.
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Reconquista was preserved in the subsequent Spanish emphasis on religious uniformity, evidenced by the strong influence of the Inquisition and the expulsion of people of Moorish and Jewish descent.
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The Inquisition was reconstituted when Ferdinand VII recovered the throne.
