16.3 Fall of Toledo 1085, Part 3
A History of Europe, Key Battles
Carl Rylett
4.4 • 756 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2015
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The early Medieval Spain of El Cid. The story of King Ferdinand I of Leon and Castile and his sons Sancho and Alfonso, as depicted in the epic Hollywood film. Plus, the conflict between Aragon and Muslim Zaragoza, the arrival of crusaders from across the Pyrenees, and the Siege of Barbastro
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| 0:29.0 | Place must be 18 or over. When reading or listening about historical characters, I find it's much easier to visualize them if they have been depicted in a film or on TV. |
| 0:58.0 | Some of today's main characters, Ferdinand I of Leon and Castile, and his sons Sancho and Alfonso, are key characters in the Hollywood epic El Cid. |
| 1:11.5 | If you haven't already seen this film, or not seen it for a few years, |
| 1:16.0 | I'd say it's well worth a watch, even if not entirely historically accurate. |
| 1:24.8 | Welcome to a history of Europe. |
| 1:29.3 | Key Battles The Fall of Toledo in 1085, Part 3 of 4 |
| 1:35.3 | By the late 1050s, the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon |
| 1:43.3 | were developing into the two most powerful kingdoms |
| 1:46.5 | of Christian Spain. First today, I will talk about the kingdom of Aragon. Unlike the situation |
| 1:56.5 | in Castile, where there was more than enough land for the sparse population, if Romero |
| 2:02.6 | the second of Aragon wanted to strengthen his kingdom, he would need to expand its territory. |
| 2:10.7 | Hemmed in by Navarre to the west, Catalonia in the east, and French lands to the north, |
| 2:16.4 | he decided the best option was to target the |
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