In its first phase, the Reconquest had the dominant character of a
A) crusade to drive out the infidels and restore Christianity to Iberia.
B) struggle of Christian nobles to regain their lost lands and serfs.
C) nationalist movement to unify Spain under a single ruler.
D) movement to restore the Visigothic empire.

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The initial phase of the Reconquest was primarily a struggle by Christian nobles to regain lands and serfs lost to Muslim rule, rather than a religious crusade or nationalist movement.

In Its First Phase, the Reconquest Had the Dominant Character