2. Key events and actors: Fall of Grenada
As mentioned on the previous page, the land controlled by the Moors had been reduced to the area of Grenada. The Spanish had previously failed to expel them completely despite an ongoing commitment to reconquest. However, a series of circumstances developed at the end of the 15th Century which meant that - after ten years of fighting - Grenada would finally fall to the forces of Ferdinand and Isabella. 1. Why was the...