Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) DOCUMENTARY 

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Kings had balls of steel back then, this Sancho was a proper hero during that battle.

I like how the king just went all like "Yolo" and charged directly into a bigger army. Some LOTR shit right there.

Soy navarro, nuestro escudo conserva aun las cadenas que en aquella batalla nuestro rey rompió para entrar donde el líder moro. Hoy están en Roncesvalles, por donde entra a España el Camino de Santiago. Pura historia....

The portuguese Templar Master Gomes Ramires valiantly gave his life holding the line in this battle.

The Iberian Peninsula's history is very interesting...

Sancho's maneuver was pretty much what Alexander did in gaugamela. I don't know if he intended it, but if he did, then props to him, the guy knows his military history.

Crazy to think that the year the Muslims were driven from Spain is the same year that Columbus discovered America for the Spanish

Thanks Spain for saving Europe

Apparently no one ever showed this to the Caliph O This is Darius /|\ Darius ran away in the midst of the battle after Alexander charged at him /\ Darius lost the battle (and his kingdom) because of that Don't be like Darius

Reconquista would make an excellent setting for a Total War game or campaign pack. There used to be an excellent reconquista mod for Medievial Total War 1.

"Y aquí, señor Obispo, vencemos o morimos todos". Frase del Rey antes de la última carga victoriosa. Viva España.

My ancestor Anton de Arguello fought in that battle as one of the 300 knights from Castilla, whom as shown in the video fought in the middle. Our ancestors since than until the seventeen century belonged to the Knights of Santiago, the largest military order.

These videos are great. If you ever read history books, battles tend to be a little vague, and require recourse to geography books to get a real idea of what happened and where.

"Archbishop, we die today here, me and you!" The words of King Alfonso to the Archbishop of Toledo before charging with his knights to help the first line that was running away

The reconquista really has to be one of the biggest historical comebacks of all time. Truly incredible that Spain turned it around like that.

I don´t understand why netflix or hollywood don´t make series or films about the reconquista. Spanish history is so interesante!

so sad that this channel doesn't receive the attention it deserves.

Muslim castles were insanely built, but we conquered them. Its said that once a Portuguese soldier trew him self to the Arab gate that was being closed, the soldier died but we were able to conquer the Castle

11:25 Aquí fue donde el rey Sancho se quedó como "botín de guerra" las cadenas que protegían al califa. Esas cadenas estaban en el escudo del antiguo Reino de Navarra. Ahora está en el escudo de España. Si ustedes ven el escudo de España podrán ver lo siguiente: -Un Castillo que simboliza al Reino de Castilla. -Un León que simboliza al Reino de León. -Un Escudo de barras verticales rojas y amarillas que simboliza a la Corona de Aragón. -El escudo de las Cadenas del Reino de Navarra (Recordando la importancia que tuvo las Navas de Tolosa) -La flor de la parte de abajo representa la incorporación del Reino Nazarí de Granada. -La simbología del medio representa a la Casa de Borbón.

What a great documentary, got a lot of nostalgia feels from my history classes, a thank you from Portugal

Another great video. Reminded me of my college semester in Spanish History. I really like how you brought the most dramatic turning point to life with your animated map. I hope that you also will cover other historically important engagements, including those that were naval. I suggest that you should examine the War of Sicilian Vespers if you do another documentary concerning Spain.

God bless the Spanish for fighting back, and driving them out of the Iberian peninsula once and for all. God bless Spain 🇪🇸✝️

Today historians agree that Pelayo was a local Asturian leader. Neither basque nor visigothic. Muslim sources call it Belay al-Rumí. Pelayo "the Roman" (in opposition to godo, that is to say a ciristianized celtic) . On the other hand, there are no indications of Visigothic domain in Asturias. On the contrary, Astures and Visigoths were still at war only 80 years before.

Pelagio was not Basque....

Nice work guys. In my opinion, the best, short, history documentary series. A nice background story and in-depth battle with a clear presentation. Keep up the good work, guys.

The Spanish and Portuguese are true heroes. Please don't forget the sacrifices they made.

I'm amazed how well-produced these are! Well done to everyone involved!

I`m so happy i found this channel

Lol attacking the head of the army as a general while the rest of the enemy's army is pinned down, this is the battle of guagamela all over again.

Wow, this is an amazingly crafted video. You deserve way more views and attention. Keep up the great work!

Great vedeo as always...lovely way to learn history in thirteen minutes.. Thanks and i hope you guyz continue your great journey

El Sid was a great hero - his wife Jimena Diaz was equally supportive to him. When El Cid was dead in an unlucky skirmish with Berbers , her wife , strapped El Cid's body to his horse , and stationed him atop the castle of Valencia, lied to the people that he was still alive, and commanded the army of Valencia , herself and defeated the Berbers. El Sid used to be a knight in the kingdom of Castillion, and when the jealous king Alphonso banished El Sid , his wife and daughters were jailed in dungeons of Castellion - however the banished El Sid soon found support from Muslim Emirs , and freed his family.

Thank you for these precious documentary series.They are both educative and fun to watch.

As a muslim i salute your channel for making youtube worth logging in and i send my respect to the spanish people for the spectacular history that we share .

Love To The Spanish and Portuguese From India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳❤❤❤⚔⚔⚔🔥🔥🔥

Spain was created fighting 700 years against the Muslim, and we will fight 700 more years if necessary

Vamos spain. Reconquista. One of my fav periods. Love your videos. We always appreciate your time and dedication towards these videos.

Great history portrayal. Great tactical analysis. Great graphics and animation. And even great sounds!

Love the video, Please continue videos for this region there are many stories that are not well known that should be...

As a christian Moroccan i am grateful to respect spain and Spaniards for their history of wars and glories.

"(...)the muslims never mounted a serious offensive into Christian Spain(...)". I guess that when muslims invaded with 67,000 men in 1340, being defeated in the battle of Río Salado, they were just joking around...

Thank you for these historical videos.

The history of Spain is wonderful, I think if they made them in the film some director like Spielberg or Peter Jackson would be amazing. It is like a game of thrones full of kingdoms and kings and great battles.

Amazing video, this channel is awesome for those who loves history and military achievements. I think that you should make a video about D. Afonso Henriques, the first King of Portugal, because it was him who conquered the majority of Portugal territory from the Muslims, and I believe that it was thanks to his conquests that made the tie change to the Christian armies. The battle of Lisbon is awesome, and an important key to the reconquista. Keep the good work 😊😊😊😊

This batlles reminded me of world cup 2018 Morocco vs Portugal and Spain.

Loved the style of this good job!

It's a very short description of the developments during the first part of the Reconquista. But it is worthy of being watched. Good work👍

Great short documentary - however: "Reconquista" is pronounced "reconkista", meaning the "u" is NOT pronounced after a "q" and before a vocal.

canal muito bom, nunca tive tanto interesse em aprender sobre batalhas históricas

great job, i needed info for my board game! cheers

Lovely video. Nice job to whoever made this video possible.

For the record, I would like to point out some significant inaccuracies in the video: 2:25 What we know about Pelagio of Asturias points out that he was actually a Hispanic-Roman noble from a family with a very probably Asturian background. He was not basque. And the stories about Pelagio descending from a Visigothic king were written centuries later, mainly to strenghthen the position of the Castilian and Leonese monarchies and so as to lend some propagandistic support to the Kingdom of Castille - seen as the "heir" of the old Visigothic Kingdom - by validating in the eyes of the people its wars during the late stage of the muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula. Also, the borders of the Asturian Kingdom have been drawn too shifted to the east. 4:03 During the period 824-924 a.C., Burgos (and the rest of the county of Castille) remained as a Leonese territory. It was not until the XI century when Sancho III Garcés (King of Navarre) took control of the county of Castille. 5:52 The intervention of Sancho III Garcés in the Kingdom of Leon is still an object of discussion. It is mainly meant nowadays to have been made to support the ruling of child-king Bermudo III (nephew of Sancho III). After the intervention, it was Urraca (mother-in-law of Bermudo III, sister of Sancho III) who assumed the regency of the kingdom, supported by the remaining Leonese nobles who were still loyal to them. With almost entire security, it was therefore the response of a help request based on the existing familial alliance between Urraca and Sancho, not a truly conquest. Also, Bermudo III is not related to the divison of Sancho III's domains among his sons, because he was not actually his grandson; he was son of the first wife of the previous king of Leon (Alfonso V) not a direct descendant of Sancho III. 7:00 After the battle of Sagrajas, Toledo was still held by Alfonso VI - despite he had lost the most part of his army - because the almoravid emir Yusuf ibn Tasufin returned to Africa inmediately when he heard about the dead of his son. Obviously, not such a large territory was lost by Alfonso VI - he almost did not lost any of it, actually. 7:30 The northern Leonese-Portugese border has been drawn too shifted to the north. Finally, I must say I would have liked to watch a bit more about the battle itself, the previous movements of Sancho trying to cross Sierra Morena, the castles attacked before and after the battle, how the french crusaders abandoned the allied army because Alfonso VIII denied them to slaughter the defenders of Calatrava (Spanish are not always the most intolerants, you see), the murder of Muhámmed an-Násir as a result of his complete failure, ... Talking less about the beginnings of the Kingdom of Asturias and more about the expansion of the Almohad Caliphate in the Iberian peninsule, the internal revolts, the disintegration of the Caliphate or a more detailed coment on the battle of Alarcos would have lead to make the content more relevant, too. Although I love your vids, I think you have tried to compress a too long period in just a few minutes, allocating few time for the battle itself and the related events, making this video not so consistent and compelling as others.

Awesome background music, excellent presentation. Thanks!

It would be really cool if you do a complete section about the so called Reconquista, the Batle of Guadalete was next to my hometown and as you know was a masive and long bloody battle, really appropiate for this channel

Amazing channel. I’m officially hooked!! LOL

You guys do some great work, keep it up

this is the best video of.the reconquista that i seen

This chanell is for long much better thay history chanell or other tv programs. Congratulations, very well explained and rich in details.

Thanks so much for your video

Excellent video! Awesome work. Congrats from Spain ^^.

Portugal is a tiny country and ruled a good portion of the new world, Africa & Asia. The templars fled from France had a BIG importance on it. A video about this would be interesting.

Great video, keep em coming!

i would really like a video on charles martel! love this channel!

This will be a lit Assassin creed game this history of Spain

Navarra´s current flag is a conmemoration of that charge. The muslim troops were anchored by chains to prevent them from running and formed a wall of spears. However Navarra´s knigths charge with the horses at 2 feet and break the line. Because of that, Navarra´s flag is a chain. Cheers!

I just discovered this channel and immediately fell in love with your work, such a shame that this time period has become such a touchy subject nowadays, many comments section escalate in pointless conflicts, yours seems a bit more peaceful though :)

Thanks for video!

nice video.. looking forward for more. Small request if i may: can you add some terrain in your maps too, as it would be nice to see where are the mountains or rivers when armies move

Great videos K&G, one little thing to notice though. Pelagius (Don Pelayo in Spanish) was not a vascon, vascones did not resist because they did not live in the mountains. Pelagius was an Astur, who did live among the mountains of what today is called Asturias. There has been controversy over if Pelagius was a former Visigotic king or an Hispano-roman, and the evidence of his name tips the balance over an hispano-roman origen. But in anyway, he was not vascon but astur. On another topic, I think it would be of interest if you could tell us the number of troops in each side of the armies, it is my understanding that until Spanish armies were big enough they suffered losses at the hands of troop which sometimes double their size.

Bro... Bring back that intro every once in a while for a big video that was awesome!

A very complex period !!! But at the end it's always ending in bloody massacre !!! Great video Keep Going on

Very interesting videos. I would add as an interesting point that Almanzor was forced to an almost a draw in the Battle of Cervera because it was the only time the forces were matched in numbers. Most of the battes they face in battle a proportion of 2:1 if not higher.

Thank you King Sancho🇪🇸.

I like the epic music at the beginning of the video :)

Very good job ! Thanks!

Since you've done this one, can you do a video about the wars that came after between Morocco and Spain/Portugal?

Very interesting video. What is intriguing is that the "idea" of the reconquista could last for 800 years handed down generation after generation.

Nicely Done ! Thanks !

you got yourself a new sub today. good vid

Yall should do a detailed thing on El Cid that would be dope

Fue la batalla más importante y decisiva. Los reinos hispánicos lucharon con gran coraje y le dieron a los invasores la mayor de sus derrotas. El Islam nunca podrá olvidar la gran hazaña de nuestros padres. Gracias a esta gran victoria fue fácil luego la expulsión de los invasores. Quedaron casi aniquilados.

So much time has passed and the quality of your videos keeps improving.

Can you make another documentary about reconquista? Cause this is very interesting and i like it🙏🙏🙏🙏

Good job. Greetings from the ancient kingdom of Leon.

Great detail of smaller factions in the North of Spain. I was only aware of 1492 onwards after Ferdinand and Isabella unified Spain.

Kings and Generals has become my favorite channel

I've never heard of this battle. Thanks.

Great victory for the Spaniards.

One of my favorite Battles in history.

Great video! Keep up the good work!

loving ur channel

Awesome Narration!

Good work on the reconquista.

Music at the end is a nice touch.

Can you do one on the Portuguese Empire ,the battles against the Ottomans , the Península War etc plz :) love your videos btw

Most important battles for Christendom: Navas de Tolosa Siege of Vienna Battle of Lepanto Siege of Malta Battle of Tours ( First battle of Poitiers). God bless Charles Martel, John of Austria, Eugene of Savoy and Jean Parisot de la Valette, for saving Christendom.

El Cid Campeador, one of the greatest heroes of spain.

Excellent as always.

We really need more movies and tv shows based in medieval Iberia. I can’t believe that there’s more done for the English v French era