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Ep 221 - Al-Andalus 3: A Golden Age
🕑 Added 2025-05-28 11:00:10 +0000 UTCpatrons, here is your ad-free episode for the week, we answered questions from Ollie Cant and Cat Solas this time.
folks, we're back with part 3 of our series on Al-Andalus, aka Muslim Iberia from 711-1492. this time, we trace the history of Al-Andalus up through the rise of the Almoravid dynasty in the late 11th century and how the Christian response coalesced almost from nothing in 1063 with the Siege of Barbastro thanks to a little help from the Pope. we talk about how this is different from the standard Christian Nationalist Reconquista narrative and then a bit about El Cid. then, finally, we talk about the myriad contributions to culture, society, religion, science, and art that Al-Andalus produced as it was a massive contributor to the wider Medieval Islamic Golden Age (768-1260). check us out!
attachment 1: the years in which cities in Spain and Portugal were retaken by Christians
attachment 2: breakdown of Taifas in 1031
