Blood and Gold- The Making of Spain
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- Episode
- Conquest - Ep1
- Broadcast Info
- 2015 (58 mins)
- Description
- This rich, dense and thrilling three part series, presented by Simon Sebag Montefiore takes the viewer through more than two thousand years of Spain’s history. This episode spans the early years when Iberia was a minor province of Carthage, through to the glories of Spain’s Moslem age and the Cordoba Caliphate. Simon Sebag Montefiore travels to Cadiz with Spain’s first invaders and visits a sacred island where the Carthaginian warrior Hannibal received the blessing of the Gods. We learn how early Spain was a battleground for empires, and visit Italica - a perfectly preserved Roman city with one of the finest amphitheatres outside Rome. From there this episode covers the early, brazen Christian Martyrs, the Visigoths and the Moslem conquest.
- Genre
- History; Languages; Architecture; Culture
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The Open University, "Blood and Gold- The Making of Spain". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/220213 (Accessed 10 Jan 2025)