Battle of Tours
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Islam, Muslims, Mosques, Barbarians, Nomads
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, French History, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: France, Frankish Kingdom
- Date: October 25, 732
Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in the Frankish-Moorish Wars. Result: Frankish victory over an Arab-Berber invasion force intending to capture the city of Tours within the Frankish kingdom.
Following the defeat of the Visigothic kingdom in Iberia (711), Arab Muslim leaders of the newly formed Umayyad province of al-Andalus were determined to eliminate remnants of the Visigothic elite who ruled in an area north of the Pyrenees Mountains called Septimania, whom they viewed as a strategic threat. Most (but not all) of the Visigothic elite in...
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