Contemporary accounts of the Portuguese Reconquista seem to be extremely rare and lacking detail. And yet, for the Conquest of Lisbon in 1147, we have a detailed day-by-day eyewitness account of the events. To put it simply, I doubt it's authenticity. What is the view among historians about it?
by /u/Oppidano in /r/AskHistorians
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