Contrary to popular belief, the origin of bullfighting is not Spanish - deadly games with wild bulls were still in ancient Crete. In Spain, bullfighting appeared with the completion of the Reconquista in the 15th century. For eight centuries of wars with the Moors, a knighthood was formed, which only knew how to fight for the return of Christianity to the Iberian Peninsula. With the fall of the Moorish Granada, the knights needed another occupation, and bullfighting came in handy here. Initially, it was a kind of knightly tournaments.→