This episode we cover some of the major events surrounding two of our central characters, Teresa de Portugal and Urraca de Leon. Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofportugalpod@gmail.com Visit the website: www.historyofportugalpodcast.com Credits: Flag Image by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pixabay Music: Rhythm of War by Zakhar Valaha Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See a...
Mar 10, 2025•36 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast This episode we cover the events during the time of the Frankish political and ecclesiastical interventions in the Iberian Peninsula. We focus on two central figures, Henrique & Raimundo of Burgundy. Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofportugalpod@gmail.com Visit the website: www.historyofportugalpodcast.com Credits: Flag Image by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pixabay Hip-Hop Background...
Jan 20, 2025•31 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast This episode we cover the rule of Alfonso VI during the Almoravid interventions in the Iberian Peninsula Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofportugalpod@gmail.com Visit the website: www.historyofportugalpodcast.com Credits: Flag Image by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pixabay Music: Rhythm of War by Zakhar Valaha Urban Sunset by Melodigne Orion Nebula by SergePavkinMusic Meeting for Two ...
Dec 16, 2024•37 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast This episode we cover the rise of the Almoravid movement as a religious and political force in Morocco and al-Andalus Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofportugalpod@gmail.com Visit the website: www.historyofportugalpodcast.com Credits: Flag Image by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pixabay Music: Rhythm of War by Zakhar Valaha no-place-to-go-Serge Pavkin Music Arab by StockMusic Kathmandu...
Oct 11, 2024•31 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast This episode we cover the reign of Fernando the first, as well as the reigns and civil wars that his sons engaged in soon after his death. Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofportugalpod@gmail.com Visit the website: www.historyofportugalpodcast.com Credits: Flag Image by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pixabay Music: Rhythm of War by Zakh...
Mar 01, 2024•29 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast This episode we resume the main narrative, following the death of al-Mansur and delve into the reigns of his sons, as well as the reigns of Alfonso the fifth and Vermudo the second. These reigns will serve as a convenient marker for us. Because as they come to an end, a new stage in Iberian history began. Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at hist...
Nov 19, 2023•23 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast This episode we do a quick survey of the political advancements in Northern Iberia during the 9th to 11th century, and introduce the up and coming social class of the infanções. Join me on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofportugalpod@gmail.com Credits: Flag Image by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pixabay Music: Rhythm of War by Zakhar Valaha Dan...
Sep 09, 2023•18 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast This episode we will pick up the narrative where we left it off, and bring the saga of al-Mansur to its conclusion! Join me on Patreon to support the show and get access to ad-free episodes! https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofportugalpod@gmail.com Credits: Flag Image by Miguel Á. Padriñán from ...
Apr 08, 2023•37 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast This episode, we continue the story of the Christian North where we left off and begin the epic tale of one of the most famous and impactful Muslim figures in Iberian history: the last great conqueror of al-Andalus, al-Mansur. Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyportugal If you have an...
Feb 26, 2023•34 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast This episode, i had the opportunity to interview early Iberian medievalist Roger Collins. We get into whether or not the word Reconquista is a useful term, the legacy of the Visigoths and some Patreon member questions! Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyportugal If you have any questi...
Feb 11, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode, we take a stroll through the reign of al-Hakam II. The stage will be set for the dramatic events that would lead to the collapse of the Umayyad caliphate. Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofport...
Jan 05, 2023•19 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast This episode, we examine a few aspects of Christian life under Muslim rule in al-Andalus. Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofportugalpod@gmail.com Credits: Flag Image by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pi...
Nov 14, 2022•26 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast This episode, we do a deep dive into the long and illustrious reign of Abd al-Rahman the third. And follow his tenacious plan to drag al-Andalus from its lowest depths, to its highest reaches to date. Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyportugal If you have any questions or comments, y...
Oct 24, 2022•41 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast This episode we continue the saga of the northern Iberian royal struggles of succession. Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofportugalpod@gmail.com Credits: Flag Image by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pixabay Music: ...
Oct 04, 2022•22 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast This episode, we return to northern Iberia where we deal with the various children of Alfonso the third, and their game of musical chairs involving the three main kingdoms in the north. Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofportugalpod@gmail.c...
Sep 25, 2022•31 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast This episode, we continue our exploration of the events surrounding the Emirate of Cordoba, during the reign of Abd Allah in the ninth and tenth century! Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofportugalpod@gmail.com Credits: Flag Image by Miguel Á. Pa...
Aug 28, 2022•29 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast This episode, we dive into the chaos that pervaded al- Andalus in the 9th century, that verged the Emirate to the edge of collapse. Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofportugalpod@gmail.com Credits: Flag Image by Miguel Á. Padriñán fro...
Aug 04, 2022•26 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast This episode we explore the reign of Alfonso the third, also known as Alfonso the great. We take look at some of the pivotal events and conquests that have defined his legacy for centuries! Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofportugalpod@gmail.com...
Jul 21, 2022•28 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast This episode, we will take a look at the life and career Ordonho the first and discuss his impact on the trajectory of the Asturian kingdom, and by extent the Iberian Peninsula. Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofportugalpod@gmail.com Credi...
Jun 03, 2022•22 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast This episode, we will be taking a quick tour of the Iberian Peninsula from about the late seven hundreds until around 858 AD. We will touch upon points that may have been passed over in previous episodes. It will also serve to bring everything up to speed to where we left it on Episode 8 with the death of Alfonso II. Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.faceb...
May 08, 2022•28 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast On this bonus episode of History of Portugal, I do a reading of one of our direct sources from the ninth century, Paul Alvarus. Paul was a friend and admirer of Eulogius, and a such he wrote a panegyric account of his martyrdom. Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyofportugalpod...
Apr 21, 2022•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode of History of Portugal, we begin the reign of Abd al-Rahman II and cover some of the challenges he faced. We also take a look at the Viking attack on Seville and the event know as the "Martyrs of Cordoba". Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyofportugalpod/ Twitt...
Apr 09, 2022•29 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode of History of Portugal, we backtrack a few years in the timeline to catch up with events in Al-Andalus and cover some of the major events of the reign of Al-Hakam I. Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyofportugalpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyportugal ...
Mar 12, 2022•23 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode we cover the reign of Alfonso II Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyofportugalpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofportugalpod@gmail.com Flag Image by Miguel Á. Padriñá...
Feb 28, 2022•31 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode we cover the fall of the Umayyad dynasty in Syria, along with the secession of Al-Andalus from the rest of the caliphate. We also catch up on the events and expansion of the Kingdom of the Asturias. Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast!: https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyofportugalpod/ Twitter: ht...
Jan 31, 2022•26 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode we cover the conflict between the Umayyads and the Aquitanians in southern France! Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast!: https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyofportugalpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofportuga...
Jan 08, 2022•32 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode we cover the efforts of consolidation by the Muslim governors of Al-Andalus, along with the birth of the birth of the Asturian kingdom. Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast!: https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyofportugalpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyportugal If you have any questions or ...
Dec 15, 2021•27 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode we cover the initial conquest of Iberia, by the North African Berber army led by Tariq ibn Ziyad! Join me on Patreon to support the show and get your questions answered on the podcast!: https://www.patreon.com/historyofportugal Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyofportugalpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyo...
Dec 02, 2021•26 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast This episode we take a step back in time, and hop over to the Arabian Peninsula, where we take a very wide lensed view at how a previously unassuming group of people forged their own sprawling dominion. Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyofportugalpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at historyofportugalpod@gmail.com Flag Image b...
Nov 17, 2021•13 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode of History of Portugal, we go through the events that give rise to the Iberian Visigothic Kingdom. We also take a general look at different facets of society under the Visigoths, right up to the beginning of their terminal decline. Join us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historyofportugal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyofportugalpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/historyportugal If you have any questions or comments, you can reach me at hist...
Nov 03, 2021•41 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast 
