In episode 33 you will learn the political history of Muslim Iberia under Emir Abd al-Rahman II, as well as the diplomacy, administration and taxation of Umayyad al-Andalus.

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00:00 Hook
00:32 Opposition to Emir Abd al-Rahman II
07:57 Territorial Reorganization and the Founding of Murcia
11:06 The Viking Attack of 844: The Sacking of Seville
19:49 Nasr, the Great Eunuch of Abd al-Rahman II
23:14 Diplomatic Relations of the Emirate of Córdoba
28:05 Taxation and Administration in Umayyad al-Andalus
42:44 The Verdict: Who Broke the Andalusi Social Contract?
44:00 Outro

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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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

In episode 31, I explore the turbulent reigns of Hisham and al-Hakam I of Córdoba—two emirs who faced family conspiracies and uprisings that threatened the very survival of an independent Umayyad Emirate in al-Andalus. Moreover, we explore the early reign of Alfonso II of Asturias and how the Revolt of Saqunda unfolded.

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00:00 Hook
00:24 Hisham I of Córdoba, the Emir of Jihad
08:13 Alfonso II of Asturias, the King in the North
14:10 Al-Hakam I, A Ruthless Emir
23:17 The Revolt of the Suburb of Saqunda
33:43 The Verdict: Problems of Authority
36:13 Outro

In episode 30 I explain the Frankish conquest of Barcelona and attempts to expand into Navarre, Aragon and Tortosa, as well as discussing the society, culture and economy of the Carolingian Empire.

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00:00 Hook
00:18 The Carolingian Conquest of Barcelona
04:39 The Formation of the Spanish March
09:07 Charlemagne: Emperor and Champion of Christendom
11:45 Carolingian Society and... Feudalism?
23:13 The Nature of Carolingian Power
28:30 Environmental History and the Carolingian Economy
38:52 The Carolingian Renaissance
43:39 The Verdict: Carolingian Slavery
45:25 Outro

In episode 29 I uncover the battles and conquests of the Franks prior to the conquest of Barcelona, the role Muslims and Hispano-Goths played in the expansion of the Carolingian Empire, and how the Franks suppressed the Adoptionist Heresy.

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00:00 Hook
00:30 Islamic Catalonia
05:59 The Rise of the Carolingian Dynasty
10:03 Charlemagne in Spain: The Battle of Roncevaux Pass
17:52 The Upper March, Between the Carolingians and the Umayyads
25:07 Frankish Annexation of Girona and the Catalan and Aragonese Pyrenees
32:47 The Adoptionist Controversy
37:26 The Verdict: Airbrushing the Origins
38:49 Outro

In episode 28, I explain the history of the stateless peoples of the Douro Basin and the political history of the Kingdom of Asturias from Alfonso I to Vermudo the Deacon, covering the years 739 to 791.

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00:00 Hook
00:25 Stateless Societies: The Douro Basin
06:10 Light and Darkness: Alfonso I of Asturias and His Son Fruela
21:12 The Obscure Reigns of Aurelius and Silo
24:56 Storm Winds: Mauregatus and Vermudo the Deacon
28:02 Beatus of Liébana, the Intellectual of the Kingdom of Asturias
33:25 The Verdict: Giving a Voice to the Silenced
35:05 Outro

In episode 27 I tell the story of how a refugee became the ruler of al-Andalus. The man was Abd al-Rahman I, founder of the Emirate of Córdoba from the Umayyad dynasty that was overthrown in the Middle East.

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00:00 Hook
00:32 The Epic of Abd al-Rahman ibn Muawiya
06:07 The Foundation of the Emirate of Córdoba
12:41 Al-Andalus, a Rebellious Land
26:09 Foreign Policy of Abd al-Rahman I
30:45 Domestic Policy of Abd al-Rahman I
34:28 The Umayyad Family in Al-Andalus
37:41 The Construction of the Great Mosque of Córdoba
43:53 The Verdict: Abd al-Rahman I’s Political Genius
45:44 Outro

In episode 26 I explain how and why the Umayyad Caliphate of Damascus fell, how that affected al-Andalus, and the establishment of the little-known Fihrid Emirate that preceded the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Hook
00:23 Why Did the Umayyad Caliphate of Damascus Fall?
06:23 The Outbreak of the Third Fitna
10:08 The Abbasid Revolution
17:37 The Qays-Yaman Civil War in al-Andalus
23:07 The Fihrid Emirate
26:51 The Verdict: The Fihrid Alternative
28:17 Outro