The History Of Spain Podcast

This is episode 24 called Consolidation of the Kingdom of Asturias and in this episode you will learn: SHOW NOTES - The transformation of Asturias from an Asturias chiefdom to a multi-regional kingdom under Alfonso I of Asturias - How Alfonso I took advantage of the turmoil, famines and droughts of al-Andalus to conquer, raid, colonize and depopulate - Formation of the Desert of the Duero, a large no man's land that functioned as a buffer zone between the Kingdom of Asturias and the Emirate of Córdoba - Economic and demographic changes due to the incorporation of new peoples (Mozarabs, Western Basques and Galicians) - The revolts of the elites of Galicia and western Vasconia during the reign of Fruela of Asturias - The role of monasteries in the processes of expansion and colonization of the Reconquista - What was the royal court of Asturias like - The causes of the anti-seignorial revolt during the reign of Aurelio - The reign of Silo and how Alfonso II couldn't yet rule due to the usurpation of Mauregato