The Campaign of El Estrecho (1340-1344): the End of the North African Threat

The naval campaign of "El Estrecho", alongside with the battle of Salado (1340) is considered the culmination of the "Reconquest" process because it means the end of the issue known as "El problema del Estrecho". Historiography has focused on the economic and political consequences of this campaign, considering it as the beginning of the Castilian and Aragonese naval armies. Our aim, however, is to explain the military development of this historical process, taking into account not only the Christian-Muslim primary sources but also the literature written about it.