Download or read book The Reconquest Kings of Portugal written by S. Lay and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-11-28 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the political development of Portugal between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. Taking place amid the struggle between Christendom and the Islamic world for control over the Iberian Peninsula, the formation of Portugal also depended on the growing European influence felt throughout the peninsula during these centuries.