Weaponizing Historical Knowledge
The Notion of Reconquista in Spanish Nationalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21825641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alejandro García Sanjuán (0000-0002-1400-7508, Universidad de Huelva, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Issue | 14 |
| Pages | 133-162 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Imago temporis medium Aevum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1888-3931 • E-ISSN: 2340-7778 |
| Publisher | Universitat de Lleida (PUBLISHER • ES) |
| DOI | 10.21001/itma.2020.14.04 |
| OpenAlex | W3043165798 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 2 |
The notion of Reconquista is the product of 19th-century Spanish Nationalist thinking. Although developed as an academic concept, it played, at the same time, a crucial political and ideological role, thus holding a very powerful and potentially toxic ideological burden, chiefly consisting of the idea that Spain is a nation shaped against Islam. Its dual academic and ideological nature makes it a highly problematic concept that greatly contributed to produce a largely biased and distorted vision of the Iberian medieval past, aimed at delegitimizing the Islamic presence (al-Andalus) and therefore at legitimizing the Christian conquest of the Muslim territory. Over the last years and in the framework of the Clash of Civilizations doctrine, conservative and far-right scholarly and political outlets reignited the most ideological version of the Reconquista, thus raising a major challenge for academic historians
Ancient history · Archaeology · CONQUEST · Doctrine · Ideology · Islam · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Classics · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia · History · Law · Medieval Iberian Studies · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 1,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |