The Visigoths and the Arab Conquest of Spain - full documentary

Documentary about the Arab and Berber conquest of Visigothic Spain by the Umayyads in the 8th century. In 711, a crucial battle took place between the Visigothic rulers of Spain and an Arab / Berber army that would shape the history of the Iberian Peninsula for centuries to come.
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In 711, an Umayyad army crossed from North Africa into Spain and proceeded to conquer most of the Peninsula. In 1212, a coalition Christian army decisively defeated the last great Moorish power on the Iberian Peninsula, the Almohads. Finally, in 1492, the monarchs of Aragon and Castile subdued Granada, the last Moorish holdout on the southeastern sliver of the peninsula. This long period of history encompasses one of the truly great contests of the Middle Ages: the battle for Spain. Thus the history of medieval Iberia has become almost legendary as the Reconquista.
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[@st4rl0rd10]

From a person who lives in the north of spain (cantabria and i descend from galicians) i must say that this documentary is very precise in basically everything, well done guys!! You are doing great

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks!

[@jamesbrowning9210]

Did the Muslims enslave infidel Spaniards?

[@massinziani1311]

It is full of non historical facts!

[@doodeyheadracing]

Yep thing made up for sure

[@CzechsTeaNine]

​@@massinziani1311and you are full of coping and seething. 😂

[@mrbushlied7742]

30 years ago I studied in Salamanca and would attend mass in San Marco's Church. The church has paintings of knights on the inside of its stone walls. I couldn't help but think that these same knights prayed in this church before riding out to slay the Moorish infidels.

[@doodeyheadracing]

Black muslims

[@nicholasd7107]

Hell ya!

[@Thor-Orion]

All I want to do is get out to the Visigothic sites in Spain. I likely had cousins fight with Pelagius, because my genealogy has hits related to a bunch of the known Gothic sites along the migration route and in Northern Italy and northern Spain. My German great mother always use to say we were descended from Theodoric’s people, but I thought that was just hyperbole because of Dietrich Von Bern, but she was actually right. Never doubt your grandmothers, boys! The academics all say the Ostrogoths got absorbed into the Italian population following the demise of Teia, but the truth is a lot of them went back North of the Alps in northern and Western Europe.

[@AntonioPerales-bb8pm]

In Spain the surname Valdés comes from Balto (Baltés/Valdés), in Provence, France the same family are the des Baux (see Barral des Baux), and in Italy they are the del Balzo. Augúri!

[@JosephineMaKoala-ig3yb]

Nice🫡​@@AntonioPerales-bb8pm

[@Thor-Orion]

Pelagio! What a hero! I’m so glad that Spain has preserved so much of the Visigothic architecture for us to visit today. The Ostrogoths and Visigoths were NOT “barbarians” as so commonly claimed, they were literate, and artistic and mighty warriors. And they were Christians from the time of Alaric I and Wulfila.

[@Thor-Orion]

I’m sure you’re mighty tired of me banging on about the goths, but I AM a goth, I can’t help it!

[@Thor-Orion]

1:20 they would have never gotten Sicily or Iberia if Justinian hadn’t slaughtered so many Gothic nobles in Italy. Justinian is literally responsible for the so-called “dark ages” which although not truly “dark” as in unrecorded, they were certainly bleak for many. His own court historian Procopius certainly thought higher of Theodoric and Totila than he did Justinian, as evidenced by his accounts of the Gothic Wars and the court of Justinian recorded in Secret History.

[@Thor-Orion]

2:30 well the Ottomans kidnapped their best soldiers as children from Europe. Both the Janissaries and Mamluks were comprised of ethnic Europeans. So that should tell you how highly they thought of the European knights and men at arms.

[@Thor-Orion]

2:30 well the Ottomans kidnapped their best soldiers as children from Europe. Both the Janissaries and Mamluks were comprised of ethnic Europeans. So that should tell you how highly they thought of the European knights and men at arms. The Mamluks even had their own empire from the 13th-16th centuries.

[@Thor-Orion]

8:34 abruptly fell ill? And then miraculously recovered after his crown was taken? That’s a poisoning, brother.

[@YUMMYB823]

For some reason a majority of crusade focused history channels just have bad audio, really happy to have obvious attention paid to your levels and tone, could listen to this all day.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Great to hear!

[@daman7805]

@@RealCrusadesHistory hear… hahahah

[@MaryamofShomal]

There are more? This is literally the only one I could find! So far it’s a pretty good one, at least there’s that 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@assaadobeid3377]

I’m quite impressed the way you pronounce the Arab names is spot 👍🏻

[@fedecano7362]

@@lucillebonds2196 he doesn't speak Spanish

[@theodoresmith5272]

I spent 3 falls in spain. The Roman ruins in the West are awesome you can soak in a Roman bath on the northern Portugal border just inside Spain. Seville is amazing in the south. As are all the old southern cities. The Mediterranean is off the charts with ruins and old cool cities. The north and Pyrenees are really middle ages and I loved green Spain.

[@justinwillingale2086]

Hopefully that’s hygienic

[@BOIOLA08]

The Iberian peninsula is the crown jewel of the world.

[@mhd2680]

You better check North African since there is a Roman ruins out there

[@theodoresmith5272]

@@mhd2680 I went. Loved the people. Unfortunately ruins in North africa are pretty sparse besides Egypt obviously. I must say too and I know you wont like it but the trash everywhere including parks was a big factor in why I overall wasnt that high on north Africa. Food was great though. I hope that they have a big push to clean it up. We did in america in the 1970s as america was dirty with trash and slums everywhere. We had a commercial with a native American crying looking at the land that really helped us turn the corner. I'm hoping that wave hits north Africa. As a nature lover its to easy to go to central or south america or really anywhere over here and see a pretty clean country that conservation is the normal. Again I don't mean to disrespect, many places including America were like that too. Some sanitation would go a long way for north Africa.

[@mhd2680]

@@theodoresmith5272 Which country you went to in North Africa?

[@tonymickens8803]

I LOVE how you use the Total War games in your videos. @Real Crusades History

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Glad to hear it!

[@kyleblankiv7589]

​@@RealCrusadesHistorythey have the 1100 mod now so you can make more videos

[@sirtaco2003]

You should do a video where you visit a Carmelite Rite / The Rite of the Holy Sepulchre mass! (It was used by the Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre, Hospitallers, Templars, Carmelites and the other orders founded within the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem!)

[@DOSBoxMom]

There are very few Spanish words (other than loan words from other languages) which contain the letter W, and I remember that "el rey Wamba" was the example usually used when the letter W had to be discussed in my Spanish classes in high school and college.

[@ClaySuddath]

Wow! So true. Not even Guanajuato has a W! LOL!

[@dawnpalmby5100]

Absolutely loving this channel 💙

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@river6634]

Great video. Pretty hyped about knights of the cross.

[@w7lves]

Here from the KZbin channel Endeavour. Keep up the good work🤙🤙

[@alexandersarchives9615]

You know, I just love the use of Medieval II for some of the cities/battle scenes

[@adastra5214]

Thank you for this amazing, accurate documentary, really appreciate your work.

[@bubaq3713]

@Hamza right, they were berbers and he is not accurate

[@mgonzo3881]

@@bubaq3713 Right! I always thought it was the Berber Moors whom conquered Iberia.

[@americaisajokenow1090]

Moors where black

[@mgonzo3881]

@@americaisajokenow1090 For the most part, yes.

[@bubaq3713]

@@americaisajokenow1090 thats a big streotype moors are north africans a name given to them by the romans and since im a north african i can confirm that north africans are white, brown and black

[@Mahmoodyousef0]

Very big respect for the transparency in presenting historical events. One of the great historic channels. 👍👍

[@DDAWGY1]

Awesome Job!

[@cometblazt]

Great video Thank you much

[@kariukithairu]

i really really appreciate this...be blessed.

[@JF42506]

Love the guitar @ 0:50 seconds in! Is that in a song or anywhere I can get it?

[@burningkarma6400]

Amazing work !!

[@cassiusijeomah4239]

Well Documented And Narrated

[@MissingGingerSnap]

Got my Christian Channel subscription. Thank you for your work!

[@redlinear]

Loved all of the images and dates!

[@عٻڈآلْلْه]

Good work 👍

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mattclements1348]

I like the vid. How you incorporate game and historical footage.

[@sylamy7457]

Total war is amazing

[@brittanygarrison8030]

That's the only part I don't like.....the video game stuff.

[@user-dj1gu6ff7n]

What is that Medieval 2 mode that you are using in video?

[@lucillebonds2196]

I hope in the near future you shall include Scipio Africanus the great Roman General who defeated Hannibal. History is my passion, too. Thanks.

[@isaacrivera5452]

Beautiful video!

[@doodeyheadracing]

I love this channel

[@raphaelseemungal9755]

I like the art and history telling keep up the amazing work

[@brixcosmo]

Best Regards from Portugal ❤🇲🇿🇦🇴🇬🇼🇨🇻🇸🇹🇧🇷🇵🇹

[@nathanielrourke8886]

Excellent video

[@kimfleury]

I shared the link to the Christian channel website. 💪🏻

[@DragoonInmortal]

I saw this is Medieval II Total war but what mods are using???

[@ryhrex]

You mean berber conquest. The leading general of the majorly berber expedition force to land in the south of spain was a berber called Tariq ibnu Ziyyad

[@itcalledfootball600]

It amazigh not Berber

[@CharleyBrown69]

GREAT! Documentary.

[@jlawre1]

Great video. Thank you

[@itz-_-702x]

Nice video

[@trisgilmour]

Very great presentation

[@Counterstrikeenjoyer]

great work

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks!

[@curtisstewart9426]

I saw the excellent movie "EL CID" staring Charleton Heston. Spain fought the Arabs up to the time when Christopher Columbus sailed to the America's in 1492. That's a long invading occupation.

[@samnatt9812]

It was the whole of Europe who fought the Arabs, not only the Spanish. Arabs took spain in 2,5 years, Europe fought 800 years for it

[@Ese361]

​@@samnatt9812They still won

[@Thor-Orion]

@@samnatt9812you know how they took it? Because the contemporaneous chroniclers make it pretty clear.

[@egutiguti3337]

@@samnatt9812. Pero la fueron recuperando año a año y siglo a siglo, los 800 años fueron en en el pequeño reino de Granada al sur de Andalucía, no en el resto que en espacio de 200/300 años ya estaba reconquistado. Si no se reconquistó antes el reino de Granada, fue porque era un reino que pagaba vasallaje en impuestos al reino cristiano de Castilla, y no fue hasta que llegó la amenaza turca en las costas, pensando que Granada podía aliarse con los turcos, lo que decidió a los Reyes católicos Isabel y Fernando para poner fin al reino moro de Granada. A los moros se les dio la opción de quedarse si se convertían al cristianismo, muchos se fueron al Norte de África, otros se quedaron, convirtiéndose al cristianismo, pero siguiendo con su religión en secreto, los llamados por los cristianos “moriscos” al final se revelaron contra los Reyes cristianos ya que estaban muy acosados por la inquisición, fueron derrotados en su lucha y finalmente fueron expulsados de la península y llevados al Norte de África.

[@ellobo4211]

If it wasn't for the son of Charlemagne my family homes in the Basque region would of been under Islamic rule..the Basques lost against him but that was a blessing in disguise..the poem of Roland speaks about it

[@ellobo4211]

@ali the pagan muslims did not reach the north

[@misteryolo7248]

@@ellobo4211 what is the definition of pagan ?

[@lucillebonds2196]

@@misteryolo7248 Those who do not worship the Most Blessed Trinity.

[@animated6875]

​@@lucillebonds2196 trinity is pagan not 1

[@ces5263]

@@animated6875 Trinty also says 1 god. Muslims copyed Aristotle who was pagan, your religion its a christian heresy

[@ethelegend27]

yooooo finally!

[@JuanHans]

Would anyone have a source for the map shown around 42:30? I would be very grateful.

[@istoppedcaring6209]

not to complain, but it would be beneficial if you provided sources here, simply to make this citeable in academic literature

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Sources at the end.

[@aaronhuff9689]

I never learned about the Visigoths before Tariks invasion.

[@samnatt9812]

He went in with 3000 men only.. i wouldn’t call it an invasion

[@Thor-Orion]

@@samnatt9812then what would you call it? A tourist barge?

[@MrBrownnn696]

I love your videos...

[@Chilly_Billy]

Superior presentation.

[@robertocb7911]

Thank for your accuracy in Spanish history 👏👏👏

[@loganwilcox4037]

I'm in 7/11 nearly every day and I've never seen any of this.

[@420caz]

Which game did u use?

[@Historical-Wisedom]

I think its total war

[@rgi8426]

What is the next video to this one?

[@asshole4good]

I hope the reconquista chapter in history of the crusades drama, been worked on by the christianchannel

[@fedecano7362]

The G in Girona sounds like in Geneve, cause it's a Catalan name. You are making a J "jota in spanish" sound. For that you should write it down as Gerona, the Spanish word for the town, and in that case yes the sound is a J like in "Jamon". Also Covadonga, the final "nga" aint pronounced like in the French word Champange, but rather like in "Tonga" the country. So Covadonga, otherwise in Spanish would be written as Covadoña. España, not Espagna...you see Zaragoza, tricky one, both Z in the word use the Spanish sound that in English can be only translated as, I guess, "th". You should check it online.. hard to explain. Actually the same sound is use for Z and C (when in front of a vowel 4.ex ) in many cases , like in Roncesvalles, so Ron"th"esvalles... not ron"k"esvalles.. Those are minor technicalities and in no way made it less enjoyable for me. I'm loving your channel and I think your work is superb! The subjects you touch are very interesting for any historian aficionado and your research is top notch! Huge fan os first account narration and all the details you provide. Hope you dont get frustrated by my coment, I'm a local as you can guess not far from Girona myself

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

I appreciate the tips, always trying to improve my Spanish. Thanks for the comment and the watch!

[@mistervacation23]

Oh I'm sorry it was the moops

[@-meganeura]

This should be about the Iberian peninsula not about Spain, Spain today means a country and it´s name just doesn't hide the frustrated dream of having all the peninsula. And the peninsula was NEVER truly unified. Also think like this: Hispania means Iberia not Spain Many old book wrongly translated Hispania to Spain after re/publish, even when the meaning of Spain had already changed centuries ago.🙄

[@Thor-Orion]

Didn’t a King of Portugal marry a queen of Spain or something like that? So it was unified by familial bonds for a bit there.

[@-meganeura]

@@Thor-Orion Yes, kings and queens from different kingdoms have always marry each other, for example the Portuguese "Catherine of Braganza" Catarina de Bragança, was queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, and yes while you can say it was unified by marriage, that was pretty common practice between all the kingdoms. And it was rather like a symptom of a good relationship, and/or, the desire to strengthen the alliances between kingdoms.

[@egutiguti3337]

Hispania era el nombre que dieron los visigodos a la península Ibérica y Toledo fue su capital. Donde quedan muchos restos de los visigodos, enterramientos, Iglesias, tesoros de joyas y orfebrería y restos de diversas ciudades construidas en sus alrededores, también dejaron el famoso “arco visigodo” que se puede ver en Toledo, dicho arco fue copiado después por los árabes, pero es visigodo.por eso los Reyes cristianos tras la reconquista volvieron a llamar España a los diferentes reinos cristianos. La reconquista de Toledo, antigua capital visigoda, fue una gran inyección de moral para los cristianos y el impulso definitivo para terminar todas sus cruzadas cristianas para reconquistar totalmente toda la península.

[@nasalimbu3078]

Spin berselona castell Christen kingdom

[@andrewrapozo3199]

Which game is this? Medieval Total War?

[@JoseGarcia-io2pr]

Total War 2 Medieval.

[@arturogonzalez6232]

It’s weird to think that Spain was ruled by the Visigoths for a period longer than from the independence of the US till now.

[@SpiritualSeeker-oq5pt]

you are a son of a arab conquerer becasue you are a messican and you are descended from the spanish

[@SpiritualSeeker-oq5pt]

@@arturogonzalez6232 you are not wearing any feathers

[@arturogonzalez6232]

@@SpiritualSeeker-oq5pt racially there is only one race, the human race, and ethnically I’m only the son of Mexican’s. My dad is Mexican and my mom is Mexican

[@pavelavietor1]

Hello I speak Castellano no Latin. Prove me wrong. Nice video thanks saludos to the Iberians Visigoths

[@pavelavietor1]

@@JizzSock_ hola porfavor de ejemplos de por que pensais que soy payaso, usted no escribe Latin usted escribe Castellano, prueveme erronios, creo que se escribe así. Gracias por compartir saludos Iberian

[@VitusMerwee]

Best!👍 Top!

[@Kitiwake]

It's Ferdinand....not Fernando

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Wrong.

[@rickyyacine4818]

Its could be true Isabella its called isabel in spain I think 🤔🤔🤔

[@Nilssongarage]

😊

[@abdellah.eloirtnani]

the Berber Moors Muslims who Conquest Spain not Arabs

[@Josh1.8]

So? There were mexicans?😅

[@Lilwayne911Eminem]

👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@christopherwilliam2593]

Beer alcohol is a increaser not a decreaser so if pain your wanting to lose alcohol is not i repeat not the answer!

[@d.robertczekanski4703]

Totally.

[@trisgilmour]

Very true

[@virgiljjacas1229]

🤔🤔🤔 All my Great Uncle's did have Greeks or Cartage names.

[@user-fl5mq9kp7g]

You mean like Baal and Hani?

[@sajidkaleem735]

If i was the caliph i would keep on sending troops to tariq and musa

[@hannahpocock4152]

What to keep losing?

[@flash4901]

@@hannahpocock4152 not losing when half the spanish language is derived from arab words, and english numerals are literally from the arabs lol

[@adamnesico]

You dont know what is to be in the shoes of a paranoid ruler.

[@MohamedMohamed-ws7mq]

@@hannahpocock4152 they conquered Spain in 7 years they were exceptional generals they would conquered the whole of Europe if they had the time

[@timsmith2279]

@@MohamedMohamed-ws7mq Bet Rome was pleased when the Moslems subdued the Visigoth in 711AD Spain.

[@murdoch6738]

Aragon....isidore 🧐...sounds like lord of the rings....

[@bobthabuilda1525]

One Spain to rule them all 👀

[@danielandres1579]

Viva la Reconquista! 🙌

[@malekaltayari3936]

Viva la Moors from Tunisia ♥️🇹🇳🇩🇿🇲🇦🇱🇾❤️

[@itubecollection1623]

There is no such thing as a reqonquista...cause there was no Spain and christianity in the beginning...it was iberian with different powers, religions and people during time

[@rickyyacine4818]

@@malekaltayari3936 ur carthagain be carthagain

[@tannerthepanman9202]

@@itubecollection1623 yes there is a thing as the reconquista you cant even spell it right. The visigoths were eventually Christians originally pagans but eventually Christians and even Catholic.

[@Nicola.M7]

@@tannerthepanman9202 they were unitarian christians, and they were oppressed by the catholics. and also they were jews there too.

[@AD-en5dq]

who are the Tartarians?

[@user-po8ke5vh2e]

what about the moors?

[@tamara_diamonds422]

Go to a different video for that

[@whereami1247]

Luna says hello

[@keep_calm_and_Deus_Vult]

Reconquesta ✝️❤️

[@AlmoravidsAlmohadsDynastie]

Jerusalem & Constantinople be like : What about us ?! 😅

[@amtl3885]

@@AlmoravidsAlmohadsDynastie jersulm not anymore 😏

[@orthodoxy6470]

@@AlmoravidsAlmohadsDynastie turkey not gonna live for long

[@Sina.575]

​@@AlmoravidsAlmohadsDynastieJerusalem is doing lmao

[@greatwolf5372]

​@AlmoravidsAlmohadsDynastie Buddy, last time I checked, the Jews own Jerusalem.

[@josephvandurme6649]

Wouldn’t have the crusades have started in 711 with a Christian loss

[@TurquoiseInk]

One of my paternal ancestors was a Christian knight who fought the Moors who got his name (Machuca) from his pounding on his enemies. While I am proud of my ancestor and rejoice that my people were freed, I can't help but reflect about how the Moors had a more tolerant, diverse and advanced culture that Spain would have for a long time..

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

They didn't, though. That's a modern myth.

[@asturiasceltic3183]

The Moors didn't have a more tolerant approach. Read the "Myth of Andalusian Paradise" by Dario Fernández-Morera. I am proud my ancestors kicked them out and were knighted with a holy title as well.

[@egutiguti3337]

Eso es un mito. Eran crueles con los cristianos a los que les hacían pagar tributo con doncellas llevadas a sus lupanares como trata de blancas. También les hacían pagar impuestos para poder seguir rezando en sus Iglesias cristianas. No fue un tiempo de vino y rosas.

[@user-fl5mq9kp7g]

​@RealCrusadesHithe legend? Yes, history books write legends about civilized barbarians story

[@user-fl5mq9kp7g]

​@@egutiguti3337These Romans are your masters, Berbers. Speak politely about your masters

[@UltimatePowa]

Musa in my opinion was afraid of Tariq gathering enough military power to come back and overthrow Musa.

[@alal039]

Tariq bin Ziyad was loyal to Musa bin Nusayr, and he loved him dearly, for he was the one who freed him from slavery and made him commander of armies, and this was the golden age of the Umayyad Caliphate, the whole world at that time could not stand against it, even if Tariq had intended to betray Moses, he would not have succeeded

[@npalmi88]

Das kew

[@trajananevski6280]

Day been safe by kuzman the Macedonian

[@Jordanicolass]

My Spaniard ancestors 💪

[@rickyyacine4818]

U must help us restore Constantinople 😢😢😢😢😢

[@NiteDriv3r]

GOT CONQUERED BY MOORS N MIXED WITH MOORS FOR 800 YEARS IT WAS THE FRENCH WHO SAVED EUROPE THEIR THE REAL HERO'S

[@hiimryan2388]

@@NiteDriv3r and your emo

[@NiteDriv3r]

@@hiimryan2388 E MO RAPPER

[@flash4901]

Half your spanish words are derived from arabic

[@jarekdajnowicz1926]

At list some real history

[@isambarwal1835]

Tarik Ibn ziad great Algerian soldier

[@user-bj8jw5km9f]

An invader he was.

[@itcalledfootball600]

He isn’t Algerian 💀

[@isambarwal1835]

@@itcalledfootball600 hhhhhh

[@halimahalimed8930]

The one who conquered the land the soldiers the most of them are not even Arabs

[@mandya6697]

Halima But it was led by the Umayyads. Berber were favored to join because of Imayyad prince Abd sl-Rahman who escaped the assassination.

[@samernattifi3883]

Most of them were Arabs, the first settlers in Spain were levantine Arabs from Palestine and Syria. The first Arab prince of Zaragoza was Lakhmide Palestinian

[@aristophanesghost3839]

Conquest makes it sound final; it wasn't.

[@samnatt9812]

Well, they took spain and france in 2,5 years, Europe fought 800 years to take it from them. I wouldn’t call it a conquest either, it was a LIBERATION

[@mandya6697]

It lasted 800 years of rule

[@egutiguti3337]

@@mandya6697 solamente en el pequeño reino de Granada, al sur de Andalucía. No en el resto, que llevaban siglos con las tierras cristianas de nuevo.