The History of Spain Podcast David Cot

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This is episode 46 called al-Hakam II, the cultivated caliph, and in this episode you […]

This is episode 45 called Umayyad interventions and in this episode you will learn:



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- A brief overview of the history of Catalonia of the 950s and 960s

- Muslim expeditions against the Kingdom of León during the reign of Ordoño III

- The Umayyad interventions in North Africa and Umayyad-Fatimid conflict in the 950s

- Civil war during the reign of Ordoño III of León and its aftermath

- The coup d’état against Sancho the Fat

- The trip of Toda of Pamplona and Sancho the Fat to Córdoba to ask for the help of Abd al-Rahman III

- The Umayyad-Christian coalition to depose Ordoño IV of León

- The legacy of Abd al-Rahman III

- The humiliating audience of Ordoño IV with al-Hakam II of Córdoba

- The failed Christian anti-Cordoban coalition and the succession of Sancho the Fat

- A reflection about why the fact that Christian rulers declared themselves vassals of the Caliphate of Córdoba is often forgotten

This is episode 44 called Slavery and Jews of al-Andalus and in this episode you will learn:



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- Introduction to slavery in the Islamic world and al-Andalus

- What’s the difference between a captive and a slave

- Captivity for women and the social problem that captivity supposed

- Which were the occupations and jobs performed by slaves in al-Andalus

- Captivity and slavery in the context of the campaigns of Almanzor

- What determined the price of a slave and how were auctions and transactions done

- Jews under early Umayyad rule and the case of Eleazar of Zaragoza

- Why Jews in al-Andalus were Arabized but not Islamized

- A brief biography of the great foreign minister and physician Hasdai ibn Shaprut

- Jews under the Taifa kingdoms, the case of Samuel HaNagrid, and the Golden Age of Jewish culture

- The end of the Jewish golden age in al-Andalus, with the 1066 Granada Massacre and the arrival of the Almoravids

- The expulsion and forced conversions of Christians and Jews under the Almohads

- Why Jews were sometimes tolerated and sometimes suffered repression, understanding the political and economic logic behind it

- A reflection on the lives of captives and enslaved people

This is episode 43 called Fernán González, Count of Castile, and in this episode you […]

This is episode 42 called Battle of Simancas and in this episode you will learn:



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- Who Ramiro II of León was

- The pompous parade of departure of the campaign of Osma of 934

- The first revolt of Muhammad ibn Hashim of the Banu Tujib clan and the tactical declaration of the Kingdom of Pamplona as vassal of the Caliphate

- The campaign of Osma itself

- The rebellion of Muhammad ibn Hashim, the offensives of the Christians, and the submission of Zaragoza

- The treaty of submission of Zaragoza and its implications

- The preparation of the campaign of the Omnipotence

- The Battle of Simancas-Alhándega and why the Caliphal forces were defeated

- Public execution of the traitors of Simancas at Medina Azahara and the Umayyad social contract

- The long-lasting consequences of the Battle of Simancas

- The immediate aftermath of the battle