32. The Birth of the Kingdom of Pamplona

In the first half of the 9th century, two power struggles unfolded side by side: the rise of the Kingdom of Pamplona and the slow unraveling of the Carolingian Empire under Louis the Pious. Why did the lords of Pamplona prefer paying tribute to Muslim Córdoba over submitting to the Franks? And how did the empire built by Charlemagne begin to fracture? In episode 32 I’ll tell you a story of shifting loyalties in Vasconia and the Carolingian world.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Hook
00:32 Vasconia at the Dawn of the Early Middle Ages
03:46 Íñigo Arista and the Founding of the Kingdom of Pamplona
13:34 Musa ibn Musa and the Rise of the Banu Qasi
20:59 The Carolingian Empire and the Spanish March under Louis the Pious
32:13 The Division of the Carolingian Empire
38:22 The Verdict: Blurred Religious Boundaries
40:01 Outro