The History Of Spain Podcast

This is episode 22 called Reconquista starts! Pelayo and Covadonga and in this episode you will learn: SHOW NOTES - Why a Christian kingdom first emerged in Asturias and not in other regions - A disucssion on the reliability of the Asturian Chronicles and the context in which they were written - The Asturian origins of Pelayo - Context of the Battle of Covadonga, the reasons for the revolt and the election of Pelayo - The actual scale of the Battle of Covadonga - Details of the Battle of Covadonga and its aftermath, with the rise of the caudillo Pelayo and the fragility of the newborn kingdom - The importance of Pedro, the Duke of Cantabria - The short reign of Favila of Asturias - What is the Reconquista: as a historical period, ideology, and colonization - What are the most common historiographic objections and challenges to the Reconquista - My opinion on the accuracy of the idea of the Reconquista: why, not without some buts, I find the Reconquista as a valid idea - Reflection about the use of exaggerat