Many Christians in Visigothic Spain have converted…

Many Christians in Visigothic Spain have converted to Islam following its conquest by the Moors in 711.

Those Spaniards who remain faithful to Christianity have come to be called Mozarabs, who, although they attempt to preserve their Latin culture, will gradually absorb much of the language and culture of their Moorish neighbors.

The strongest Mozarab communities have become centered in Córdoba, …