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The Reconquista - Part 1 History of Asturias
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- The history of the Reconquista was a 781 year journey. It was the story of Christian Kingdoms fight against Islamic Spain. But it was a dynamic changing event that progressed through the centuries. We start with the History of the Kingdom of Asturias, the story of Pelayo, the battle of Covadonga, and the start of the war of Reconquest.
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Hope you enjoy this video! Wanted to say thanks to everyone - I've gone from 500 to 11k subscribers this year!! We take a step back and look at the Reconquista from the prospective of the Christians. This will be the first of 5 videos on the Christian Kingdoms and the War of Reconquest. A fight that only took 781 years. But do yourself a favor and download the podcast - it has more content. Also please share and spread the video podcast - lets see if we can together make this channel hi 20k in 2019! All the best and happy holidays everyone!!
What 20k ?
100K BY 2020
That would be amazing! Sheesh - heard CZcams Sends you a plaque or something at 100k@@funhistory7640
My pleasure! Let me know what you think @Kenneth Knoppik
DEUS VULT that Allah's Snackbars on the Iberian peninsula be burned down :DD
Yes you're right it does mean Moor killer- but the meaning is the same. I happy you like the animations - I'm trying to learn a new technique for each new episode. The lighting effect was something I came across and really love. @Kenneth Knoppik
Proud to know my ancestors are from here. Had no idea they were Christian warriors,
I like how Albeniz's "Asturias" pops up as soon as you get into the subject Asturias, truly wonderful!
I'm so glad you recognized the piece !! Its haunting in how amazing and powerful this music is. It took me forever to find a copyright free version.
@@FlashPointHx I've known it for a long time ago first when I wanted to learn guitar(oud) it was one of the first things I almost learned it easily, but that stuff has been long buried years ago :(, I do appreciate your effort into finding copyright free music, Cheers!
I think if you can play classical guitar thats an amazing talent - you ever thought of picking it up again?@@hayanradwan6100
@@FlashPointHx not really, biggest reason was time, I just couldn't maintain practicing over and over to get good, when I first started I used to stay 4 hours usually per session I advanced fairly quickly, but later it would take more and more time to learn more, diminishing returns would be the word.
Hey, an Asturian guy here. It's really nice to have our country associated with such beautiful music, but truth is Albeniz never intended to call that piece Asturias and it makes no sense considering it has quite some clear flamenco-arabic influences. Our traditional music is of celtic heritage. Something like this: czcams.com/video/Q5S9j-IHhJc/video.html
This must be my CHRISTMAS gift
Glad you like my content - I'll try to have a few more videos out before the New Years as well
@@FlashPointHx :)
When I was in college in the late 1980's, I learned about the Reconquista through my Professor. Dr. Manuel Marquez-Sterling had written a book on it. His book titled: "Fernán González, First Count of Castile: The Man and the Legend". Gonzalez would lead of the Reconquista in the latter part of the 10th Century, in what will become the Kingdom of Castile. I purchased a copy of that book - for the history intrigued me on how the Reconquista happened, etc. I remember that it was written in English and in Spanish. Some years later, one of my soldiers that I was responsible for, had a grandmother (Abuela) who lived in Oviedo. I gave him that book, so he could learn of his Spanish history, and he and his Abuela could discuss it. I do remember that Prof Marquez showed us parts of the movie - The Castilian (circa 1963/4) in class, as well.
I knew you must be a Tolkien fan, my respect levels for you have gone up to 110%
I spent one summer reading JUST Tolkien - Started with the Hobbit, then the entire Trilogy, and ended with the Silmarillion - listened to a lot of Zeppelin that referenced Tolkien, and looked up his history of why he wrote what he did. I've done with with other authors as well - Hemingway, Steinbeck, Orwell, etc. You walk away feeling truly inspired.
I’ve never met anyone that’s read the Silmarillion, I’ve always had to suggest it to them. I especially enjoy how Tolkien created his mythology by mixing various aspects from Christianity, Greek Mythology, and Norse Mythology
His short stories are brilliant - and yes he does incorporate a lot of various cultures - If I'm not mistaken, he based the Elven language on the Norse people. Plus my last name is Sil so reading Silmarillion was a must =) @@papadragon695
Yes he did base Quenya on Finnish and Sindarin on Welsh. His other works besides the Lord of the Rings universe are very interesting as well.
any man that went through WW1 and came out of it with creativity and retained a passion for writing is exceptional in my book@@papadragon695
I mean, I appreciate the sarcasm and the fantastical way in which historians embellished the Asturian victories in some of the conflicts, but I feel like you're doing a little bit of a disservice to just how desperate their position was. It wasn't just a backwater province because of the people who lived there. They were dealing with constant raids enslaving their people, nearly constant conflict through small encounters that occasionally became larger, and the knowledge that they were constantly on the knife's edge of total destruction at the hands on the enslaving forces to their south.
They had a pretty good reason to want to resist and it's very impressive that they managed to survive.
You bring up a good point - my intention was not to make fun of the Asturians. As you said they came back from the rink which is commendable. My sarcasm is directed towards those afterwards who attempted to make a mountain out of a mole hill. Covadonga is THE battle that is the igniting point of the reconquista and resulted in 187,000 Muslim casualties per later historians. This is preposterous and obviously propagandized for effect.
battle of tour and asturius indeed is the beginning of the end of Islamic domination.
if the same thing would have with the muslims then you would have said great things about muslims.
That's the irony of todays Europe and russia that they always critise and doubt thier own history but will keep on praise asian history and gurus.
but the fact is the whole world was conquered by European race and they changed the civilization of the whole world since prehistoric times.
read the expansion of indoeuropean tribes.
@@FlashPointHx but that's the fact. reconquest begins with asturia. or else they whole Spain would have become muslims like south asia. That's because in south asia no 1 was there to fight muslims. That's why whole south Asia of which the india is also part now still suffering from islamistan and iskamists.
@@anishbhattacharya460 Lets not turn this into a debate about religions. Im sure there are other areas online one can go for THOSE types of conversations.
@@ruisantos814 now it's a need of time to know the truth. About which we cannot and must not avoid.
I just binge watched this entire playlist- all 26 videos. I'm so happy I found this channel- the story of Al Andalus/ medieval Iberia is too often overlooked, yet you took the time to research and tell this story in captivating detail and I appreciate it. Keep up the good work!
Wow Pete! Thats over 11 hours of getting into medieval Spain! I'm impressed. I'm really happy that you like my series, and I'll definitely keep it coming! All the best, and let me know what you think of future episodes.
@@FlashPointHx Yeah, I put your playlist on while replacing some tiles yesterday and finished this morning lol. One of your videos showed up in my suggestions yesterday and I'm happy it did- this is a subject I've had a hard time finding information on. No regrets, great content, and I feel like my understanding of medieval iberian history has expanded tremendously. And yeah, I look forward to the next one!
Nice! I also make all these podcasts available in audio only podcast format for any MP3 player, there is actually more content on that -@@pete2389
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THIS. IS. SPAAAIN
hahaha - madman!
Should be
THIS. IS. SPANIA!
Lol liddo pp spantards 😂
this is islam😊
Gothics
The romans spent 200 years to conquest the Iberian Peninsula, and the last territory to be conquest was Asturias and Cantabria. Julius Caesar failed in the conquest of Asturias and It was the roman emperor Octavius with seven legions who parcially conquered Asturias. Seven legions againts a handfull of warriors. Later the Astur warriors defefended the borders of the Roman Empire in Germany and in the Adrians wall. The Asturian people fought the Visigoths 10 years before the muslim invasion. I think this means the asturians had an army and the same army that fought againts the visigoths fought againts the Moors. A small but very well trained army. Pelagius is not a visigoth name is a hispano-roman name. The Asturian typical music instrument is the bagpine and the drums not the guitar.
I wouldn't say the Asturians had an army, they were several tribes who joined when there was a common threat and they used guerilla warfare on the rough Asturian land. Pelaggius was more than likely chosen as a chieftain to lead the combined forces of all asturian tribes, which was a common thing in celtic cultures.
The reason guitar is so heavily featured in this video is because the piece of music is called "Asturias" (by Isaac Albeníz)
Git kultured yalls
Pelagius might be a hispano roman name but his sons have germanic names.
By this point, the Asturians were the Picts of Iberia 🙌🏻
Yeah Pelayo/Pelagius has a Roman name. I was searching earlier today the real origins of this King, theories seems to point he was a native, not a visigodo. About the germanic names of (some) of his successors maybe it became a trend.
Both Gallaecian and Visigothic were disapearing, even recently Breton speakers from Britonia/Bretoña
I was brought here because my great -great grandfather Guerra (surname) was born in Asturias 🇪🇸 Spain and emigrated to Cuba 🇨🇺 and his son born in Cuba 🇨🇺 emigrated to Florida US to help his family establish a cigar factory in the city of Tampa .. it’s interesting to learn the history of Asturias.
Guerra is also a gothic loan word of werra meaning war, one of the many words that was brought by the Visigoths when they settled in Iberia.
Germania descendant hahaha...
@@CarvedStones guerra cet aussi mon nom .... Et cet vrai cet d'origine Germanique ....Je suis choqué je viens de faire des recherches et cet Vrai !!! Moi qui croyais 100 pour 100
Ibérique
Ever since I started playing Crusader Kings I've had a lot of interest in Asturias and Leon. I just wish the AI would have the same interest in History as I do lol, if I don't play as Asturias then Muslims take over all of Spain. I don't know though it's weird, I've always liked watching stuff like this for fun or because I'm bored but because of that game I've took a big interest in the History of places like Spain and pretty much everywhere. I think it's because the AI is so power hungry that I would wonder what really happened lol.
Its a video game (Civilization) that got me into history. I can totally understand where you are coming from. I will say one thing - after you have learned the history about any place and then go to visit it, the experience is so much more poignant. From what I've seen of Asturias , I think a trip for me to Oviedo is in order.
I feel you, I always feel bad and either aid Asturias and Leon or just use console commands to let them live. After a war or two of them winning the Arabs will start losing, especially if they have rebellions or reconquesta uprisings.
Man this videos should have way more than a million views, unfortunate people on our century are stupid and do not put interest on their roots, the western civilization, culture as a hole depend on this guys like charles martel and Pelayo and nobody gives the credit, I didn't learn that on school, just right now thanks to that incredible channel (and Real Crusades History, that recommended for me this amazing channel) that I can learn this heroes of christandom. Thank you so much for your work, you are amazing mate! Greetings from Brazil, if Pelayo didn't make this last stand on the north probably a Portugal would never exist and maybe Americas would've been arabic/muslim
Pelayo is the King of the North.
Ha! Yes - I was so tempted to use this line
Thank you very much for making such an amazing video! It's hard to find English videos on this topic, and it's very complicated as well, but you managed to explain all the information very clearly. Good Job!
You are so welcome! I agree - there doesn't seem to be much on this historical period in English out there. Again, I'm really happy you liked my content!
Welcome for taking us once again back through the flash points of time, looking forward to more to come. May you have a rejuvenating festive season.
Hey thank you! I've got a little time off - tons of family headed this way. Hope this time finds you well as well. All the best!
Thank you for this video. It helps me understand the battles and stories in Asturias.
I currently researched my surname origins (it's basque) & coat of arms. Our surname can be traced in asturias and other places with hidalguia/heraldry records.
Because of this video, I understood Asturias and its territory became bigger.
And if my ancestors were part of this battle, Im so happy they fought for the family and their king.
Our current generation in the family is still catholic here in Philippines. Thank you grand pops centuries ago!
Really happy that you liked this! Its impressive that you can trace your ancestry back this far
@@FlashPointHxyour videos are so helpful 😊 i used wikipedia with our surname. It pointed to Biscay & mentions as Basque.
I have no idea about noble families etc.
Kings, battles, struggles they face.
I need videos like these to learn more, thank you so much 😊
My current search on coat of arms & records mentions Asturias
other military orders are mentioned on later centuries like Order of Santiago, Calatrava, protecting pilgrims harassed on their way to visit St.James body/Santiago
Los musulmanes entraron en Hispania Visigoda por requerimiento de Witiza candidato al reino visigodo.
Una vez en la península y derrotar a Rodrigo, continuaron con la invasión.
Never stop doing this videos pls. We need more of it to remind us Christians in the world and in Europe what we face. I love this
Faced. Past tense. Literally thousands of years ago.
Excellent stuff as usual, mate!
Thank you as always!
If you guys can do "age if exploration" into the Caribbean would be epic of how all Europeans fought over the islands.
Love from Irak und Syrien orthodox to Spanien
Actually a very cool story. Thanks for your work guys (or guy).
Hey my pleasure - I’m glad you liked it! Just a one man show :)
My favorite line, "Not a bad bit of killing for one afternoon..." I promptly paused the video, subscribed, and left this comment upon hearing that.
I rly appreciate the effort in the graphics and animation part so to speak, maps also are really helpful, looking forward to more uploads !!!
Thank you! I'm a big believer that geography and history are intimately intertwined. I take some time to create all my own maps so they can fit my narrative.
a new video! I watched your entire podcast and it was awesome
Thanks! I'm impressed - that's like listening to me go on for over 10 hours. Impressive!
Covadonga isn't a city, Covadonga is a cave into the Cantabria Mountains, Cova Dominica where before the fight "La santina" appeared.
En las montañas asturianas, no cántabras
@@Juantaxful Ok, how do you say "Cordillera Cantábrica" in English? Maybe I forgot to write Range at the end, I'm so sorry about it.... world is full of little displeased people🥱
Atención la música no corresponde a la época que se relata.desvirtúa el trabajo. Más seriedad con la edadmedia. Española!!!
May not meet the time period - but still dig the music.
Good video, keep 'em coming!
Will do!
Alwadi means the valley in Arabic, NOT the river.
I'll have to pass that on to the author whose book I got that one from - thanks
@@FlashPointHx Alwadi alkabeer means big valley. it was the life line of Al Andalusia. River used for transportation ...
@@sniperrana are you Abdur Rahman ad Dakhil bro??
Woah, hold on a second... somthings wrong... HOW DOES THIS ONLY HAVE 5k views??? This is top quality stuff! i love the animations. This should be in the 100k views minimum
You know, thanks! This comment really made my morning. I'm happy you like the content and the vote of confidence is awesome. Think the CZcams gods don't favor me at the time. =)
@@FlashPointHx Thanks for taking the time to reply! I'm glad i was able to give you a booster in confidence, CZcams needs better quality stuff, this made it fun to learn. not that i need to but still. I love history so it was perfect. CZcams needs new Gods. Im excited to see whats next in store for your channel!
Thanks for a most interesting narrative.
anytime!
greetings from Mexico from a fellow Asturiano. this video was quite interesting, well done.
Liked instantly, glad you are back with some awesome history!
Yeah - I always research the subject and found some good books - read two books along to create jus this episode - but have enough Audio now to create four more videos!
Re. the "Desert of the Duero", AFAIK a somwhat controversial term, it's more usually applied to the lands south of the Duero rathern than those north of it, where several cities flourished (Astorga, León, Palencia, Amaya and Burgos notably). Some historians suggest that, after the lands north of the Duero were conquered and "repopulated" (whatever this means), the lands south of it were a true no man's land, others dispute this extreme however. Much of the fight was concentrated in the Upper Ebro nevertheless, where "Al Qila" (the first Castile) was born.
In fact, I'd argue that the events at the Upper Ebro are much more important historically and to some extent precede the consolidation of the Duero frontier line. They not only imply mythical or historical battles with the Moors (based on Tudela and Zaragoza and fiercely interested in the fertile Upper Ebro valley, less extreme than the Northern Plateau, which is a little "European Tibet" rising more than 700m above sea level, a harsh steppe-like land) but also fights against the Western Basques of Alaba, whom the Asturians arbitrarily deemed "rebels" and conquered in 886. In due time, this eastward expansion would give rise to Castile as a distinct (and very militaristic) entity.
Excellent video! Flash Point History, thank you very much for your effort explaining history.
Side note: About the "No Man's Land" created after the muslim invasion of Spain, it included the whole of the Duero Valley, current Castile & Leon, from the Central Mountains of the Iberian plateau to the Cantabrian Mountains in the north.
It is interesting to notice that the northernmost limit of the permanent muslim territorial control coincided with the area were the olive tree existed.
The years after the fall of the Roman Empire the population of the land fell dramatically. It was like an apocalypse. Didn't know that it coincided with the distribution of olive trees. Guess the Arabs wanted a taste of home.
I think it might of been over exaggerated, but Muslim sources do point out events that happen here which just says there was a war and they just retreated
Ils se sont pas retiré ils ont été battu et foutu DEHORS
A superb episode
You should play the true music of Asturias - the bagpipes
bagpipes came from Asturias?
@@FlashPointHx is that a question or a statement? czcams.com/video/YlHy3lpeLE8/video.html
@@FlashPointHx in Asturias and Galicia the bagpipes were played long before than in Scotland, the culture of northern Spain is very similar to that of the British Isles due to the Celtic connection they have, in addition to that Asturian landscapes are as green as the Irish
I love this guy's so unbiased.
Thanks - I try my best
While the song you used "Leyenda" by Segovia is sometimes known as "Asturias", the music itself isn't asturian. They have gaites, a celtic Spanish bagpipe. That music would be much more fitting.
good to know! can you send me a link to this music?
@@FlashPointHx czcams.com/video/9oTGNJw2VXk/video.html
That's the modern hymn of Asturias (played in Manhattan of all places).
I hope you like it!
Even though the current, frought "cuture wars," have been creating head- -spinning developments in, at an increasingly rapid rate ... I still wasn't prepared
.. for someone .. anyone frankly, .. to willingly ask for ..b ba ..B-B Bagpipe music?!
We do live ...
in truly strange times!
The likes of which ...
no man could have foreseen.
KOut
Segovia? I'm pretty sure you mean Albeniz
There was no titanic battle in Covadonga. The muslims had probably around 3000 men that got slaughtered when they chased Pelagius through a canyon where his forces were hidden in caves and on the top. They got sandwiched by the forces and only the rearguard survived.
Thats titanic battle, its a lot of men for that time.
I dont understand how is that you don't have bigger audience! Your videos/history telling is amazingly good! If people just knew about this channel! They would flock to this channel like early Christian Spaniels flocked to Austria!
Thank you so much - really happy you like it. The channel is growing
Heavily appreciate the implementation of Total War
here for the history and wisdom
Good to have you here!
welcome back
I commented first, but i deleted it, you are the first!
Good to be back!
I always wonder why people like doing this so much =)@@globalcombattv
@@FlashPointHx Hahah, me neither to be honest :D
Charles "the hammer" Martel
Love renconquista
I from Brazil ⛪
Hello!!
I smiled at 5:37 - very appropriate song choice haha ;)
Thank you! That music is hauntingly beautiful. It took me a really long time to find a copyright free version.
I wonder if this would be considered the "Madness Of Pelagius".
He's back!
yeah - sorry this last one took a while to research - but I've got enough material to do another 4 videos now - they should be coming up in short order
while The battle of tours is very very very popular in islamic traditio also knows as (land of shuahdaa ( or dead)). It's so famous even more than the (tarik bin zaid battles ). But Covadonga was never mentioned.
it was mentioned mainly in the Christian chroniclers - and then only decades afterwards.
@@FlashPointHx yeah I understood that I'm just pointing out that it's weird it's not even mentioned as an unsuccessful raid.
Great country with and great history. .
Thanks you so much for sharing.
Okay, but what about the Re-reconquista?
But yeah, incredible work man. The animations are great and inspired me a lot. Congrats on gaining so many sub this year. I'm sure next year will be even better!
Happy holidays!
Re-Reconquista? Not sure what you mean, But I'm happy you like the video! Happy Holidays to you as well!
@@FlashPointHx Sorry, I was referencing a EU4 meme (you get an achievement if you reconquer Spain as Andalusia).
I hope you had a great Christmas and I wish you a Happy New Year!
Haha I got that darn achievement, it was a pain in the bottom I must say
Wow - that must of been very difficult - you mean coming back from the Nasrid Dynasty of Granada and retaking the north? @@ThisisBarris
sounds like it would have been a difficult endeavor - Nasrid Spain was just waiting to be taking out. . . for like 250 years@@hayanradwan6100
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12:09 I dont think this music is in the description, please tell me the name anyone?
Well done son! Bravo.
Thank you! Really happy you liked this video!
Yes! It's been too long!
Yeah - this video took a bit of research to create. But have all the audio done for the next four videos now
I cannot wait for the next videos!
They are coming! @@taintofcartman8064
10:25
MED II is the best!
I wish I knew how to employ all the mods better
Good video,
Thank you!!
I love your videos about the reconquista when I was living in Puerto Rico in the public school they praised Isabel & Fernando the Catholic kings and how they united Spain 🇪🇸. My ancestors are from Spain and maybe from Portugal but the last one was a great grandfather by my father side from La Coruña. I subscribe your channel keep the good work.
I've been to your country - took my wife out there to do some hiking and to check out the amazing food. I can see how a public school system in Puerto Rico would teach this. Isabella and Ferdinand were the mother and father of the Spanish Empire.
My DNA has been traced directly to Asturies. To all you other (lesser) Iberians: You’re welcome for your emancipation. You can redirect all that tribute in my direction now.
Need more than 15 mins for 2 months man that's not gonna give me my fix man lol
Got enough audio to make about 5 short videos. They are coming ! Research for this one was a bear
It was a great video though, great recap. Looks great on cast too
I really like that you did this as a different perspective that the other podcast from the Muslim point of view. Cool! Oh yeah, the slang you use is more words like dork and funny things that we all used as kids in the Bay Area California usually. some you use is from hip hop culture like bling which also is a huge part of Bay Area culture, and others are generally nuances to give effect to the feeling you are trying to portray as being something that is shocking or questioning or interesting that I can't think of an exact example at this moment. Again thanks for getting me through giving my students their homework and assessing our lessons together which is my work.
Another thing. The Santiago bones wasn't discovery there (Santiago de Compostela)...they were bring to there from Jafa, Palestine.
There are a few legends about.
There is a lot of controversy on how the bones ended up here
Make FPH greater together again! never heard of the Muslim killer before...SAD. this is why i'd liked to see you make the Reconquista because we're going to hear things we've never heard before
Thats always been my goal. If I find these little anecdotes - they are definitely going into the Podcast
👑RÍOS FAMILY 👑 it refers to the ROYAL HOUSE OF ASTURIAS where the RÍOS👑 last name most likely originated from.👑.
Thanks again! Do you have the history of the Acueducto de Segovia? Thanks. That voice....never tire of listening to it ! :)
These are great videos ! Ps. Do you know any good books or documentaries on the basque country history in ancient times (ie 1000 bc to 1000 ad) ?
I'm sorry - my focus comes in at 711 to 1492. I can recommend some books for that time period. None are just about the Basque however.
It's nice that you put my hometown of Bilbao so prominently in your map but the town was not founded until 1300 CE. Arguably (at least my own opinion) there was probably some settlement derived from ancient Portus Amanus (which must have been at the same location or Ptolemy was wronger than wrong) but there's no documentation for it until its official foundation in the year 1300 by Lord Diego López de Haro (pro-Castilian usurper of his own aunt Lady Mary "the Good").
Also in general terms the demographic and economic weight was then rather more to the south and Biscay was then probably part of Alaba (Araba, Álava), which is much better documented since the late 9th century (or even since Ptolemy, who call the Varduli also by the alternative name of "Alabanenses", i.e. those from Alaba).
I know =) But needed a point of reference in the map
@@FlashPointHx - But it's misleading to watchers, with almost any other town in the region being older (Vitoria-Gasteiz and San Sebastian were founded more than a century earlier). A more realistic reference would be Amaya (between Santander and Burgos, known to have been looted by the Arabs in 714 and part of the Asturian repopulation efforts later on. Other interesting places are also between modern Cantabria and Burgos province but even further SE along the Upper Ebro, for example Lantaron in modern Araba (which somehow was county head in the late 9th century).
@@LuisAldamiz Good points
@@FlashPointHx - Putting names like Amaya, Lantaron or any in the list of obscure towns who were once important and now are mere forgotten villages, like Valpuesta or Mena, both close to Bilbao but further to the interior (and important in the founding of Castile and the formation of the Castilian language as well) would make your video appear more erudite and amazing, less anachronistic, alternatively just leave it blank IMO. But whatever, generally speaking the video is good.
Fascinating
Glad you liked it!!
So well made!
exceptional!
happy you liked it! More coming soon!
I can't understand how you don't have 100 thousand subs. Been a sub since you had around 800 and was expecting by now this would have exploded. I think it has to do with the lack of interest in the Anglosphere for Medieval history that's not made of muddy backwater kingdoms that keep getting raided by vikings but speak with heavy petulant contemporary accents and have inflated founding mythos to overcompensate for their relative backwardness.
Hahahhaha ! Yeah I think you may be right, it is a bit of a niche topic. I’m actually in the process of doing some research on Rommel. Let’s see where that goes :) appreciate you following my channel for so long!
Awesome channel!
At 10:00 you claim the Northern Duero valley was an Arid Wasteland which is absolutely untrue.
The reason why it was called the "Desert of the Duero" was because it was largely uninhabited, a no-mans land between Asturias and Cordoba. But the climate and landscape was far from a desert.
La Rioja, Spain:
patrimonionatural.org/uploads/gallery/cache/single_view/uploads/gallery/57bc9abfbb922_Arribes%20del%20Duero.jpg
Castilla Y Léon, Spain:
www.absolutespana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/crucero-duero.jpg
Vila-Real, Portugal:
www.visitportugal.com/sites/default/files/styles/encontre_detalhe_poi_destaque/public/mediateca/N4.OTR1471D.jpg?itok=p1_dDj-r
Porto, Portugal:
www.cruzeiros-douro.pt/userfiles/image/pt/blog/douro-patrimonio-mundial-2.jpg
The climate of the North Douro valley in Spain and Northeast Portugal is Temperate Mediterranean, like Oregon in the U.S, Southern France, Emilia Romagna in Italy and the Greek highlands.
The North Duero valley in Northwestern Portugal is Temperate Atlantic, like the Atlantic French coast, English Coast and Ireland.
What I wonder it's about the desertic nature of the lands north of the Douro river, since it's one of the most forested area in the entire peninsula. It seems to me a case of "I can't get it so I better discredit itis" A frequent illness suffered by the loosers in every contend. Today's Asturias Galicia and Leon, it's a succession of lush, green land full of trees, after trees, after trees, non stop. Part of the reason why there was no deforestation it's because everything was built with stone and slate. Around there, there's buildings who's walls stood and still stand, for centuries and some, millenia. There's entire abandoned villages, where the construction it's so solid, it's impossible to modernize. In the 1980's those houses used to sell for $300 the entire building, of course, no electricity, running water or indoor plumbing.
The "desert" of the Duero is more metaphorical in aspect to its low population and abandoned urban centers
@@FlashPointHx when I think about someone from the north of Africa or middle East talking about a desert. Last thing that comes to my mind it's green mountains with water streams all over. South from there, in the Castilian plains, yes one can say the land it's more dry and harsh, but still fertile, pine trees and oaks all over the place. Still can't fin comparison with the north of Africa, apart from the Magreb mountains and even less, the Arabian peninsula or the middle East. And today it's still scarcely inhabited; look at a night view of Spain from space, and there's only lights around the coast and the major central cities.
Of course it was less advanced then the romans but that doesn't mean they where completely braindead
I guess they could’ve been worse off
Great video, but I gave up as I found the music too loud and distracting!
Thanks for the feedback - I turned it down in future episodes
Love your history of Islam!
Thank you! Appreciate that
Joseph O’Callaghan is a good scholar but some of your other sources are absolutely atrocious. A vanished world by Chris Lowney and the ornament of the world by Maria Menochal in particular are terrible. You should of referenced the work by Dario Fernandez Morera: “The myth of the Andalusian paradise.”
agus joharudin it’s called reading.
agus joharudin there is this perverted and pervasive view in medieval scholarship and academia in general that Spain after having been conquered by the Arabs and Berbers became this bastion of tolerance and enlightenment. That the Arab invasion ushered in this golden era of Islamic rule and that Muslim leaders created this open and multicultural utopia where Jews, Christians and others lived side-by-side in peace and harmony. This idea is total and absolute nonsense. The Arabs utterly decimated the Visigothic/Hispano- Roman culture and thrust Spain into chaos and war for centuries. Chris and Maria paint this distorted picture and push this false narrative of the past. The reasons as to why they present Islamic Spain in this fashion are probably quite varied, but I imagine what’s at the root of their Islamophilia is a sense of white guilt at European colonialism and a disdain for Christianity. I would recommend the works by Roger Collins. He is not taken in by any of these prodigious delusions. In particular, his books: “Caliphs and Kings” and “The Arab Conquest of Spain.”
Most modern academia is biased by leftist politics.
Go back to my Episode VI about Tolerance in Islamic Spain - I actually did read Morera along with Lowney, Menochal, Kennedy, O'Callaghan, and Fierro. They are on a spectrum of views where Morera gives the most anti-tolerant views. I included him to balance Menochal and Lowney who give the other side of things. I've found that Brain Catlas in "Kingdoms of Faith" to be a very balanced in between.
@@DiamondMind "The reasons as to why they present Islamic Spain in this fashion are probably quite varied, but I imagine what’s at the root of their Islamophilia is a sense of white guilt at European colonialism and a disdain for Christianity" I think it's their political ideology, leftists tend to sweeten reality trying to depict a more amicable history between different cultures (while also criticising western culture like the good endophobes they usually are). Many of these revisionist views of Muslim Spain come from Spain herself, with the romanticism of the 19th century and the Andalusian nationalistic movement of the 20th, trying to build their (great) origins from that "paradise" created by Muslims, Al-Andalus, paradise where the (European) eunuch slave trade (controlled by Jews) happened to be one of their main sources of income. Al-Andalus was a paradise for Muslims of course, in the same way Venezuela is a paradise for communists, but this is the way with leftist scholars, truth is not that relevant if it doesn't make you feel good about yourself.
How strong was Asturias's army?
History is written by the victor - so the army was small and took on overwhelming odds
@@FlashPointHx I asked because I could never find anything specific about that topic. Only thing I found was it was made up of levies. Nothing on composition or how they consolidated territory
@@darthveatay it was likely just a bunch of local militia - but later historians would elevate them to the level of holy warriors
@@FlashPointHxholy warriors might have included a few berbers who defected to Asturias. During the Berber revolt. According to one article I found anyway
Aragorn and his ghost army during the battle of the pelenor fields could have also been inspired by this saint james and his celestial army
Fascinating!
Aragon
Basque Territory was never conquered 💯👍
i think this a Reconquista video..
Is this playlist of war of the worlds (41) videos, in numerical order of the history of the moors in Spain?
Yup - you are seeing Episode 9 part 1 here - look in the bottom R corner. You'd have to go back 8 episodes to get to the beginning.
Flash Point History watched the whole series from beginning to current
Wow! That’s like 15 hours of video ! Impressive
Flash Point History I learned quite a lot. I knew that the moors/Muslims ruled Spain for a while, but never knew the history in between aside from a few names like al manzor and el cid. When is the 3rd Black Death video coming ? I’ve already watched the first 2 before this series.
The nature of my work (I’m in healthcare) is that I do shift work. I’ve been on for a few days. Finally get some time off - hoping to have part three up in 2 weeks
Bulbao didn't exist when asturias was arround, good documentary tough.
True - but the area was settle well past antiquity into nearly the stone age
Yeah, the same thing happened with other currently existing towns all over that province. In fact, there was a time where my town, lekeitio, was more populated that bilbao, and that may be the reason why both bilbo and lekeitio hold the same villa title, so therefore, bilbao isn't a city, hmnn, i'm getting confused. Thanks for the vid aniways.
¡Arriba Asturias!
Video poco recomendable, lleno de errores en datos, en gráficos...
Yeah this was a lie. The visigoths built incredible architecture that still stands all over europe.
Just some feedback. The music overwhelm your voice becoming a distraction and the video editing is not very nice: sliding left to right for no reason, too much things going on, no visual representation of generals portrayed on map (e.g. painting). These are really easy to fix and will boost your quality greatly.
Need me a man like Pelayo
Good one. Thanks. But the language could be more simple for non-natives.
I'll keep that in mind
Pelayo was hispanic-roman or astur not goth
He was half goth half hispano. Much of the visigoths were already intermarrying with Iberians. They make up 15% of the Iberian genome paternally. They took on Hispano-Roman wives mostly.
Portuguese subtitles would be welcome.
is Flores surname a noble surname?
I'm not sure
@@FlashPointHx well i found this .. can u tell if its legit or not?
www.amazon.com/Genealogy-Research-namesakes-Historical-Center/dp/B008BTS644
The Portuguese surname Flores is a patronymic derived from the name Froilán (Fruela), which is of Germanic origin and means "little lord or master".
The noble family Flores would be related to the royal family of Asturias, from which a branch passed to Portugal, where they wear a shield broken with the first one in blue, sown with golden fleur-de-lis, kept in silver with a red lion; the second in red with six gold boilers and a blue border with ten silver Maltese crosses. The timbre is a black porcupine with golden thorns.
@@Portugal2100I thought Flores was a Spanish surname that meant "flowers".
Cordoba was famous for its rich Corinthian leather.😏
Correction: Lumping Navarre with the Basques is the everlasting mistake. Navarre was conquered by al-Ándalus, then as Pamplona with Aragón and Catalonia was the Hispanic Mark of the Frank empire. Navarre has been mostly projecting toward the Ebro Valley and the Mediterranean sea. Mostly directed towards Aragon than toward the Basque country. However the Basque country has turned toward the Atlantic Ocean & Castille. There are no mountain ridges next to the Ebro River as shown in the map.
Gotcha - thanks!
hmmm no. Es más, esa prespectiva es incorrecta. Los vasco de hecho son originarios de Navarra y del oeste de Aragón, mientras que en el "pais vasco" habitaban tribus celtas. Relacionar Navarra con los vascos en la Edad Media es mas correcto que relacionarlo con los habitantes del Cantábrico oriental en dicho periodo. Si no me crees, te animo a que investigues donde se origino el euskera, y gran parte de su cultura, y también que leas un poco sobre los problemas de los visigodos con los vascones, problemas que no venían del "Pais Vasco", sino de Navarra y Aragón
I learning about my surname supposed originate from Asturias.
Interesting - do you have family back there still?
I do but I have never visited but plan to go there and meet them.
My friend just got back from Oviedo - he was visiting with his family. The pictures make it look amazing.
I'd love to see someone make a historical video on the Families that lived in and around Munatones during this time and the few hundred years after; I've been eyeballs deep in google translate trying to find info on my ancestral line of De Salazar (Lope Garcia De Salazar III and Juan Sanchez De Salazar); I descend from Juan "Jean" De Salazar "The Great Captain", who was the son of Lope De Salazar de Montano and Maria Sanchez de Susunaga de Zamudio; Lope being the son of Juan Sanchez De Salazar de Munatones.
Jean as he became known was born in 1410 and went to France to fight for the King; he fought with Joan of Arc in defense of Orleans in 1428; his tomb/memorial is in Saint Etienne de Sens Cathedral in France.
Interesting I’m not sure what the Munatines were. It’s fascinating when your descendants are in thei history books
HISPANIA GOTORUM EST....Spain is a GOTHIC KINGDOM.....The flag of Asturias mirrors that of SWEDEN....blue field with a golden Cross....stayting the origin of the spanish VISIGOTHS Who formed the spanish KINGDOM.....Spain as a nation estate.