Statement

Toledo, taken in 1085, was the first big triumph of the Christian Reconquista. Even after the Christians made it capital of Castile, its Jews maintained a strongly Arabized culture, and their linguistic skills let their elites take part in cultural and diplomatic exchange between the peninsula's Christian and Muslim states.

References

1. p. 201

   supports · main text · ch. 7

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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2. p. 201

   supports · main text · ch. 7

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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