This battle was prefaced by violent a reprisal campaign that included massacres at the Garonne and the Dordogne Rivers and was designed to punish a revolt by Munuza.
This battle was prefaced by violent a reprisal campaign that included massacres at the Garonne and the Dordogne Rivers and was designed to punish a revolt by Munuza. That campaign is described in the Futuh Misr, though the major source on the battle itself is a chronicle by a bishop of Beja named Isidore. A preoccupation with gaining booty weighted down the losing forces, whose continuous cavalry charges could not break the well-disciplined phalanx of their enemies' standing infantry. The victor had been summoned by Eudes of Aquitaine, perhaps to protect to Basilica of St. Martin, and earned his nickname by crushing Abd-al-Rahman. FTP, a Muslim invasion of Europe was halted by what 732 victory of Charles Martel?
This battle was prefaced by violent a reprisal campaign that included massacres at the Garonne and the Dordogne Rivers and was designed to punish a revolt by Munuza.
Battle of {Tours} or Battle of {Poitiers}