Umayyad interventions The History of Spain Podcast

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



SHOW NOTES

- 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