The 711 invasion was cast as an aberration to be corrected

Evidence

The theme of the original “destruction of Spain” (destruicci´on [sic] de Espa˜na), as brought about by the Muslim invasion (an invasion allegedly facilitated by the treason of one Count Julian who, in pursuit of a feud of his own, encouraged the national enemy to cross over from Africa), is endlessly restated with variations by authors at every level of sophistication, from the anonymous creators of Spain’s popular ballads to the most erudite of poets. Such writings, and earlier ones from the medieval period, bear witness to an ideology of manifest national destiny. The Islamic conquest, by this view, was an aberration that had needed one day to be corrected. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1346

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the master narrative of national-recovery that other expulsionist logics (e.g. bellum iustum, irredentism) share.