Almogavars (Spanish: almogávares; Aragonese: almugávares; Catalan: almogàvers; Portuguese: almogávares; originally Andalusian Arabic: المغاور, romanized: al-mughā́wir) is the name of a class of light infantry soldier that originated in Spain during the Reconquista and was used to great effect by Aragon during its Mediterranean conquests of the 13th and 14th centuries. Almogavars were lightly clad, quick-moving frontiersmen and foot-soldiers.
Almogavars (Spanish: almogávares; Aragonese: almugávares; Catalan: almogàvers; Portuguese: almogávares; originally Andalusian Arabic: المغاور, romanized: al-mughā́wir) is the name of a class of light infantry soldier that originated in Spain during the Reconquista and was used to great effect by Aragon during its Mediterranean conquests of the 13th and 14th centuries. Almogavars were lightly clad, quick-moving frontiersmen and foot-soldiers.
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