Conquest • 2015 • episode "S1E1" • Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain

Category: History

Simon explores the early years of the country, its emergence as the battleground of empires and its golden age under the Cordoba Caliphate.

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Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain • 2015 • 3 episodes •

Conquest

Simon explores the early years of the country, its emergence as the battleground of empires and its golden age under the Cordoba Caliphate.

2015 • History

Reconquest

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.

2015 • History

Nation

Simon explores Spain's golden age under Philip II through to the Spanish Civil War and dictatorship under Franco, from which Spain has emerged as a modern democratic monarchy.

2015 • History

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