Crusader chroniclers mapped Iberian and eastern lands onto one Saracen enemy

Evidence

Both Raymond d’Aguilers and Ekkehard of Aura use “Hispania” to refer to the areas under Saracen control; this suggests that they saw a close parallel between the fight against the Saracens in both East and West. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 1682

Categorization

• SHARE: A good tidbit for a medievalist or crusades scholar: the deliberate collapsing of distinct Muslim lands into a single ‘Hispania’ label reveals how crusader writers unified geographically separate theaters.