Pelayos' plan was to use the Cantabrian mountains as a place of refuge and protection from the invading Moors. He then aimed to regroup the Iberian Peninsula's Christian armies and use the Cantabrian mountains as a springboard from which to regain their lands from the Moors. In the process, after defeating the Moors in the Battle of Covadonga in 722 AD, Pelayos was proclaimed king, thus founding the Christian Kingdom of Asturias and starting the war of Christian reconquest known in Portuguese as the Reconquista Cristã. COUNT 5
QSN1 What was Pelayos' plan? ANS1 to use the Cantabrian mountains as a place of refuge and protection from the invading Moors QSN2 Against which group of people was Pelayos fighting? ANS2 Moors QSN3 In which battle did Pelayos defeat the Moors? ANS3 Battle of Covadonga QSN4 In which year was Pelayos proclaimed king? ANS4 722 AD QSN5 What was the war of Christian reconquest, started by Pelayos, known as in Portugese? ANS5 Reconquista Cristã