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  • Bouvines 1214: The Battle That Changed Europe

    Bouvines 1214: The Battle That Changed Europe

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    🚩 By the summer of 1214, the political map of Western Europe teetered on the edge of dramatic upheaval. Decades of dynastic rivalry, shifting alliances, and bitter feuds were converging toward a single, decisive confrontation: the Battle of Bouvines.

    At the heart of the conflict stood King Philip II of France, known as Philip Augustus, a monarch whose ambitions had steadily eroded the Angevin Empire’s grip on its continental holdings. Opposing him was a formidable coalition: King John of England, desperate to reclaim lost territories and salvage his crown’s waning prestige; Emperor Otto IV of the Holy Roman Empire, whose fragile rule depended on checking French ascendancy; and rebellious nobles from Flanders and Boulogne, eager to shake off Capetian control.

    The stakes were enormous. A French defeat could unravel the monarchy’s hard-won gains and plunge the kingdom into chaos. A loss for the coalition might doom the Angevin cause for good and leave the Emperor dangerously exposed. All of Europe watched and waited, holding its breath, as kings and emperors prepared to gamble their thrones on the fields of Bouvines.

    📢 Narrated by David McCallion

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    📚 Sources:
    The Legend of Bouvines: War, Religion and Myth in the Middle Ages by Georges Duby (1990)
    1214: The Battle of Bouvines (Epic Battles of History) – Anthony Holland (2023)
    Philip II’s “Eye of Command” and the Battle of Bouvines – Laurence W. Marvin (2024)

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  • The Last Holy War – Battle of Rio Salado, 1340 AD

    The Last Holy War – Battle of Rio Salado, 1340 AD

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    📢 Narrated by David McCallion

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    📚 Sources:
    The Gibraltar Crusade: Castile and the Battle for the Strait – Joseph F. O’Callaghan (2011)
    The Reconquista: The History and Legacy of the Conflicts Between the Moors and Christians on the Iberian Peninsula – Charles River Editors (2018)
    The Reconquest of Spain – Derek Lomax (1978)
    The Portuguese in the Age of Discovery 1340-1665 – David Nicolle (2012)

    #crusade #history #documentary #medieval

  • How did Portugal become a country? – Battle of Ourique, 1139 AD

    How did Portugal become a country? – Battle of Ourique, 1139 AD

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    The Battle of Ourique is a defining moment in the history of Portugal, as it was here that Afonso Henriques was on July 25, 1139, proclaimed the first King of Portugal by his troops after defeating the Moorish army. The significance of the battle of Ourique cannot be overstated for it secured the founding of the Kingdom of Portugal.

    The five blue shields at the very centre of the flag of Portugal represent the five Moorish kings that were defeated by Portugal’s first King Afonso Henriques in the battle of Ourique 1139. The white central shield is the personal armor of this same King and was said to have been given to him in a vision of the crucified Christ on the eve of battle.

    📢 Narrated by David McCallion

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    📚 Sources:
    The Reconquest Kings of Portugal: Political and Cultural Reorientation on the Medieval Frontier – Stephen Lay (2008)
    Between Silences: The Coronation of Portuguese Medieval Kings (12th–14th Centuries) – Carla Varela Fernandes (2020)
    The Teaching of military history at Portuguese universities: Pride and Prejudice – João Gouveia Monteiro (2021)
    The History of Medieval Portugal in the Deducao cronologica analitica – Filipe Alves Moreira (2022)
    The Kingdom of León-Castilla under King Alfonso VII, 1126–1157 – Bernard F. Reilly (1998)
    Between God and the King: The world of military orders – Isabel Cristina Ferreira Fernandes (2018)
    A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire, volume I, Cambridge University Press – Anthony Disney (2009)
    The Reconquista and Its Legacy, 1000-1348 – António Henriques (2017)
    Fantastic Stories of the History of Portugal – João Ferreira (2010)

    Correction:
    10:48 The location of the battle is heavily debated. Contemporary sources said that they do not know where the battle took place, only that it took place on “fields near Ourique”.
    But today many historians argue that Alfonso couldn’t lead a full military campaign in Alentejo with his limited resources, so deep in Muslim territory (he was only a count with a small realm). A more plausible location is suggested near Vila Chã de Ourique, which was closer to Portugal’s traditional lands. Nevertheless, historians are divided between Ourique in Alentejo and Vila Chã de Ourique further north – my opinion is that Vila Chã de Ourique is much more plausible.

    #crusade #medieval #history

  • “Deus Vult” – Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, 1212 AD – The Turning point

    “Deus Vult” – Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, 1212 AD – The Turning point

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    🚩 In early 13th century, crusade was a new concept in Iberia, just beginning to take hold and influence their approach to the regular warfare with their Muslim neighbors. However, the clash at Las Navas helped to solidify and expand the acceptance of crusade ideology in the minds of the Iberian Christians in the ensuing years. This was a turning point in the age of Reconquista…

    📢 Narrated by David McCallion

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    📚 Sources
    Joseph F. O’Callaghan – A History of Medieval Spain
    Joseph F. O’Callaghan – Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain
    George F. Nafziger, Mark W. Walton – Islam at War: A History
    Kenneth M. Setton et. al. – A History of the Crusades Vol. II: The Later Crusades

    #crusade #medieval #history