The Forgotten Crusade: The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (Silver Dirham Almohad coin) (Black Box)  ED

Order Code: FORGOTTENCRUSADE-BBOX
Weight/Dimensions: 82 g | 3.5" L x 3.5" W x 1" H
Metal: Silver
Suggested Retail Price: $78.00
Numismatics Online Price: $45.00

Description

Alfonso VIII of Castile fought the Almohad caliphate twice during the Reconquista of Muslim Spain. In 1195, he foolishly engaged without reinforcements, leading to a staggering defeat. Over the next seventeen years, he slowly regained support, culminating in Pope Innocent III’s declaration of a crusade against the Almohads. In 1212, Alfonso again attacked the Almohads at Las Navas de Tolosa, this time with a coalition of Christian kingdoms behind him. After flanking the Almohads by sneaking through a canyon, the Christians triumphed. It marked the beginning of the end for Muslim Spain.–This coin is a silver dirham of the Almohad dynasty, used by both sides during this little-known crusade.

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