The reconquista was a three pronged effort using military, church and pioneer settlers to RECIVILIZE moslem spain. There was chaos and brutal inhumanity in moslem spain.
The reconquista was a formula: After the army regained territory, the church built missions to christianize, the army built presidios to enforce civil order and the pioneer settlers rebuilt the christian civil society under the umbrella of protection. Hundreds of years of rule by mullahs without civil laws - only religious edicts had devasted moselm spain. The reconquista formlua was used to conquer a north and south america. 760 years of misery created a fighting force that is still reviled in high school history text books.