Francisco García Fitz holds a PhD in History from the University of Seville and is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Extremadura. His main line of research has revolved around medieval warfare in general, and more specifically on the political and military relations between Christians and Muslims in medieval Spain. He is the author of several monographs on these subjects, including: Castilla y León vs. Islam. Expansion strategies and military tactics. Siglos XI al XIII (University of Seville, 1998), Las Navas de Tolosa (Ariel, 2005), and La guerra contra el Islam peninsular en la Edad Media (Síntesis, 2019). He has been scientific editor of several collective monographs, including War in the Iberian Peninsula, 700-1600 (Routledge, 2018, in collaboration with João Gouveia Monteiro). He is also the author of more than a hundred articles, book chapters, communications and papers published in journals, books and specialized congresses. 

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