<p>The truces between the Christian rulers and the Caliph expire and both sides clash at the Battle of Alarcos in 1195.</p>

Episode 88 - Castile in the crosshairs

The history of the rise of Al-Andalus and the gradual re-conquering of Spain by the Spanish Christian kingdoms is an epic tale beginning in the year 712 and concluding with the fall of the Kingdom of Grenada in 1492.  Join the History of the Crusades Podcast as we cover this lengthy piece of narrative history.