The History of Spain : Land on a Crossroad

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"Course No. 8286."
Contains twenty-four 30 minute lectures.
Disc 1. From stones to bronze: prehistoric Spain ; Celtic, Phoenician, and Greek colonists ; Rome conquers the Iberian Peninsula ; Christianity comes to Hispania ; Barbarian tribes divide the peninsula ; The Visigoths unite Spain -- Disc 2. Islam: the new religion ; Conflict within Islam ; The Moors and the glory of al-Andalus ; The Christian reconquista ; Medieval Spanish culture ; The Sephardim: Iberian Judaism -- Disc 3. Gypsy influences on Spain ; The growth of Catholic religious passion ; Columbus and the New World ; Conquistadors and missionaries ; The Spanish main: trade convoys and piracy ; The golden age of the Spanish Habsburgs -- Disc 4. Religious wars on Muslims and Protestants ; The 18th-century Bourbon kings of Spain ; Spain loses its empire ; 20th-century Spanish modernism ; The Spanish Civil War and Franco's reign ; Modern Spain: still on a crossroad.
Lecturer: Professor Joyce E. Salisbury, University of Wisconsin--Green Bay (Professor Emerita).
Examines how Spain has played a unique and pivotal role in Western civilization. It has historically stood at a critical crossroad of geography, cultures, religions, ideas, trade, and more. Spain's strategic location, through the centuries, has made it a magnet for multiple different peoples, and it has participated in and witnessed numerous major shifts, trends, and historical moments.
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