The Battle of Tours was a significant military conflict that occurred in 732 near the city of Tours, in modern-day France.

Four contemporary accounts paint two radically different pictures. Near the river Owar [Loire], the two great hosts of the two languages and the two creeds were set in array against each other. The ...

Could Muslim forces have conquered Europe during the Middle Ages? Could Muslim forces have conquered Europe during the Middle Ages? Well if the Battle of Tours in 732, where Frankish King Charles ...

Tours, 732 AD—a moment that would shape the fate of medieval Europe. As the Umayyad Caliphate expanded beyond the Pyrenees into Frankish territory, they encountered fierce resistance from Charles ...