Many people still believe that the Reconquista was an 800-year war to reconquer Spain from the Muslims, but that view is wrong and outdated. In episode 24 I explain what the Reconquista is and how the discourses of reconquests have evolved over time and across different regions of the Iberian Peninsula.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Hook
00:34 What is the Reconquista?
10:02 The Loss and Restoration of Spania in the 8th and 9th Centuries
15:25 The Reconquista in the 19th and 20th Centuries
21:24 The Other Reconquistas
29:22 The Islamic Response: The Reconquest of the Reconquista
32:06 The Verdict: The Reconquista—A Necessary Myth?
34:08 Outro
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