Editing Reconquista (section)

===Reconquista as Crusade===
At the [[First Council of the Lateran]], [[Pope Callixtus II]] declared the Reconquista as 
part of Crusades and its participants as Crusaders having an equal spiritual standing with those in the east.<ref>Marin-Guzmán, Roberto (1992). "Crusade in Al-Andalus: The Eleventh Century formation of the Reconquista as an Ideology". Islamic Studies. 31 (3 (Autumn)): 295.</ref>

In the 13th century, [[Pope Innocent III]] declared a crusade and persuaded warriors from many parts of Europe in and outside the Iberian peninsula to assist the Iberians against the [[Almohad|Almohad Caliphate]] army.<ref>The Circle of War in the Middle Ages: Essays on Medieval Military and Naval History.&nbsp;United Kingdom:&nbsp;Boydell Press,&nbsp;1999, pp.29-30</ref> The Almohads then advanced into Europe with the intent of undoing the previous achievements of the Reconquista and marching on Rome itself.<ref>Mann,&nbsp;Horace Kinder.&nbsp;The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages.&nbsp;United Kingdom:&nbsp;K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,&nbsp;1915, pp.177-179</ref> The crusading campaign culminated in a resounding Crusader victory at the [[Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa]], effectively turning the tide of war in favour of the Christians.<ref>Mann,&nbsp;Horace Kinder.&nbsp;The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages.&nbsp;United Kingdom:&nbsp;K. Paul, Trench, Trübner,&nbsp;1915, pp.177-179</ref><ref>The Circle of War in the Middle Ages: Essays on Medieval Military and Naval History.&nbsp;United Kingdom:&nbsp;Boydell Press,&nbsp;1999, pp.29-30</ref>