The process of the Reconquista, which was the progressive reconquest of territories of the Iberian Peninsula by Christian kingdoms, lasted for several centuries and involved complex historical and political dynamics.
The last Muslim-ruled kingdom on the peninsula, the Emirate of Granada, fell to the Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, in 1492, marking the end of Muslim rule in Spain.
After this period, there were significant developments in the religious, political, and cultural landscape of Spain, including the expulsion of Jews and the establishment of the Spanish Inquisition.