Europe in 1300

Iberia

The Iberian Peninsula today is comprised of Portugal and Spain. In 1300 there were a number of kingdoms there, plus the southern parts of the peninsula were under the control of the Muslims, with the Nasrid dynasty in Granada being the most influential. The leading Christian kingdoms were Portugal, Aragon, Navarre, and Castile. In addition, Aragon had influence or direct control over the Balearic Islands (Kingdom of Mallorca) and Sicily, while Navarre included some regions north of the Pyrenees Mountains in what today is part of France.

Portugal

Relatively new kingdom, created as a result of the Second Crusade. Portugal had a long-running border war with Castile.

Castile

and Leon

Navarre

Tended to look north, into France. This was Basque country. The part of Spain Charlemagne reconquered. Got heavily involved in the Hundred Years War and in the politics of France generally, lasting well into the Reformation era.

Aragon

Looked east into the Mediterranean. Mercantile activity on a par with north Italy. Involved in Majorca, Sardinia, and Sicily. Also had a long tradition of crusading.

Islamic Spain

Granada, Andalusia, southern Spain

Was not a united kingdom but was a series of emirates that were entangled with various Spanish kingdoms (especially Castile) in a shifting series of alliances and conflicts. The Spanish had enjoyed great successes in the early 1200s, but the situation by 1300 was more or less stable. That is, in constant but steady-state flux.