A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . ND ALiLOBABES IN SPAIN. 105 VI. of Castile and imposed a checkon tlie career of conquestof the Christians, but,at the same time, madethemselves the lords oftheir jjroteges, on whomthey laid the iron yokeof military the Almoravidesthe conflict between Chris-tians and Mohammedansassumed once more thewildly fanatical characterof a war of faiths, madeall the more bitter by theoutbreak of the contem-porary crusade were evolved onboth sides that had, up tothis time
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . ND ALiLOBABES IN SPAIN. 105 VI. of Castile and imposed a checkon tlie career of conquestof the Christians, but,at the same time, madethemselves the lords oftheir jjroteges, on whomthey laid the iron yokeof military the Almoravidesthe conflict between Chris-tians and Mohammedansassumed once more thewildly fanatical characterof a war of faiths, madeall the more bitter by theoutbreak of the contem-porary crusade were evolved onboth sides that had, up tothis time, lain dormant,and which impressed traitson the Spanish characterthat are peculiar to it tothis day. The incarna-tion of chivalric devotionto the faith produced bythis strugfole so full of vi-cissitudes, later centuriescelebrated in Don Rod-rigo Diaz — the Cid Cam-peador — ( Lord Cham-pion ) the hero of theCastilians in their Moor-ish wars at the end of theeleventh century. In themiddle of the twelfth cen-tury the sway of the Al-moravides was su pplantedby a new fanatical sect of. Fig. . — Arabian chandelier £roni the Alhambramosque. Madrid, Archaeological Museum. (Pho-tograph.) 106 ISLAM, BYZANTIUM, ANV TUE FIRST CRUSADE. conquerors, — the Almohades, or champions of unity. That theMohammedans were not completely subdued in the conflict whichAlfonso VIII. of Castile (1127-1157) resumed with the utmost zeal,was due partly to the fanatical tenacity of his enemies, partly tothe partition of his kingdom that followed on his death. By thisjjartition Leon, ^\ith Galicia and Asturias, and Navarre with tlieBasque provinces, were constituted independent states, which, be-cause involved in constant internecine struggles, were incapacitatedfor underUiking a war of conquest. Only in the extreme west andin the extreme east of the peninsula did the Christians continuetheir victorious advance. In the latter region the Aragonese broughtthe whole Ebro district into their power, whil
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