Join a seasoned expert on Spain and witness the dazzling history of the Spanish culture and its unique role in the West.
Topics Covered:
Topics Covered:
- By This Professor
- 01: From Stones to Bronze: Prehistoric Spain
- 02: Celtic, Phoenician, and Greek Colonists
- 03: Rome Conquers the Iberian Peninsula
- 04: Christianity Comes to Hispania
- 05: Barbarian Tribes Divide the Peninsula
- 06: The Visigoths Unite Spain
- 07: Islam: The New Religion
- 08: Conflict within Islam
- 09: The Moors and the Glory of al-Andalus
- 10: The Christian Reconquista
- 11: Medieval Spanish Culture
- 12: The Sephardim: Iberian Judaism
- 13: Gypsy Influences on Spain
- 14: The Growth of Catholic Religious Passion
- 15: Columbus and the New World
- 16: Conquistadors and Missionaries
- 17: The Spanish Main: Trade Convoys and Piracy
- 18: The Golden Age of the Spanish Habsburgs
- 19: Religious Wars on Muslims and Protestants
- 20: The 18th-Century Bourbon Kings of Spain
- 21: Spain Loses Its Empire
- 22: 20th-Century Spanish Modernism
- 23: The Spanish Civil War and Franco's Reign
