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Kingship, Crusade, and the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in the Chronica latina regum Castellae

The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) is widely regarded as a decisive moment in Christian Spain's “re-conquest” of Al-Andalus. But when did the story of that battle assume its central place in the conventional history of theReconquista and of Castile more broadly? Only a short time after Las Navas, theChronica latina regum Castellae (Latin Chronicle of the Kings of Castile) capitalized on the propagandistic potential of the battle, using a retelling of the Christian victory to legitimate Castilian royal authority and promote the idea of Castile's dominance on the Iberian Peninsula. TheChronica latina's account of Las Navas served immediate political ends while also setting the tone for later histories.