The making of Spain. Episode 2, Reconquest / series producer & director, Marion Milne ; a BBC Open University Partnership ; BBC Religion & Ethics production.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Milne, Marion, producer, director.
• Open University, production company.
• British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

Series:

• Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Islam--Relations--Christianity.
• Inquisition--Spain.
• Spain--History--Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516.
• Spain--History--711-1516.

Genre:

• Documentary television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (52 minutes)

Other Title:

Reconquest

Place of Publication:

London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2015.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

The cultures and religions that have shaped the Spain we know today are revealed over the course of a journey through its key cities -- Madrid, Granada, Cordoba, Seville and Cartagena -- in the company of historian Simon Sebag Montefiore. It's a story packed with surprises and includes some of the great civilisations of the ancient world, as well as the most extraordinary characters. From Hannibal to the Caliphate, the Roman emperors Trajan and Hadrian, the Jewish Prime Ministers under Muslim rule to the expulsion of the Jews, the Inquisition and the rise of the Habsburgs: Charles V, Phillip II and empire, the Bourbons, Napoleon and ultimately Franco and beyond. We discover how this is a part of the world where the influence of previous cities and their respective faiths are evident at every turn. In this episode, Simon uncovers the truth about Spain's hero El Cid. He also investigates the horror of the Spanish Inquisition and in the process discovers an unsettling story about one of his own ancestors.

Participant:

Presented by Simon Sebag Montefiore.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed January 28, 2019).

OCLC:

1089747535