Aragon 55control over Aragon and recovered from Muslim raids
from the south. He systematized a network of monaster-
ies across the country and introduced Cluniac reform to
them. These monasteries assisted him in resettling local
populations. On the death of Sancho III in 1035, his son,
Ramiro I (1035–69), became the real architect of the
kingdom of Aragon, maintaining authority over a hetero-
geneous territory. His successor, Sancho Ramírez (r.
1069–94), reformed and corrected religious practice in
his kingdom, giving a unity of spirit it had not had
before. As part of his efforts to support a crusading move-
ment to attack the Muslims in the south, he linked his
kingdom to the Holy See, adopted the Roman rite,
reformed monasteries, adopted Caroline script, and built
in the ROMANESQUEstyle.
On this basis of material prosperity and human
consensus, Sancho Ramírez began the RECONQUESTof the
south. Peter I (r. 1094–1104) conquered Huesca and Bar-
bastro, and his brother Alfonso I the Battler (1104–34)
retook the rich Ebro Valley and captured Saragossa in