The History Of Spain Podcast

This is episode 36 called Birth of Catalonia and in this episode you will learn: SHOW NOTES - Why the title of the episode is misleading - The chaos within the Carolingian Empire, like in the Emirate of Córdoba, and the government of Odalrico and Hunifredo - The traditional, legendary story of how Wifredo the Hairy, of the House of Barcelona, seized power - The real story of how Wifredo the Hairy became Count of Barcelona and how Wifredo’s family monopolized both secular and religious posts in the Marca Hispanica - The gradual independence of the Catalan counties after the deposition of Carolingian emperor Charles the Fat, and how that contrasts with the myths that originated in the late Medieval period - The first attempt to make the dioceses of Catalonia independent from the archbishop fo Narbonne - The different popular and official repopulations during Wifredo’s rule - Why the Christian repopulations occurred and how was life in the borderlands - How Count Wifredo the Hairy died fighting the Banu Qasi a