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BATTLE OF TOURS
OCTOBER 732
The Battle of Tours was also called the Battle of Poitiers
(not to be mixed up with the Battle
of Poitiers in 1356).
Nobody knows the exact battle location, but the Battle of Tours was fought
somewhere between Tours and Poitiers.
What went on at the time?
The
Saracens aka
the Muslims were on the roll. See map:
Map of AD 750
Click to enlarge
The Muslim forces swept from Spain northward. Eudes, the duke
of
Aquitaine,
asked
Charles Martel for military support.
Charles agreed to the proposal and won
the Battle of Tours. 'Abd-ar-Rahman, or Abderrahman, the well
respected leader of the Saracens, was killed in the process. The Arabs withdrew back south and abandoned
their plans of further invasion.
Hence, the Battle of Tours is a big deal
in history, because it marked the end of Arab conquest and
Islamization in Western Europe.
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