The History of Spain Podcast14 Okt 2019

Consolidation of the Kingdom of Asturias

This is episode 24 called Consolidation of the Kingdom of Asturias and in this episode you will learn:

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- The transformation of Asturias from an Asturias chiefdom to a multi-regional kingdom under Alfonso I of Asturias
- How Alfonso I took advantage of the turmoil, famines and droughts of al-Andalus to conquer, raid, colonize and depopulate
- Formation of the Desert of the Duero, a large no man's land that functioned as a buffer zone between the Kingdom of Asturias and the Emirate of Córdoba
- Economic and demographic changes due to the incorporation of new peoples (Mozarabs, Western Basques and Galicians)
- The revolts of the elites of Galicia and western Vasconia during the reign of Fruela of Asturias
- The role of monasteries in the processes of expansion and colonization of the Reconquista
- What was the royal court of Asturias like
- The causes of the anti-seignorial revolt during the reign of Aurelio
- The reign of Silo and how Alfonso II couldn't yet rule due to the usurpation of Mauregato
- The controversy of Spanish Adoptionism and its role to reaffirm the independence of the Asturian Church and to bring Asturias closer to the Carolingian Empire
- The works of Beato de Liébana, the most prominent intellectual of the Kingdom of Asturias
- Reflection on why Alfonso I couldn't annex the large area of the Duero Valley

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