Björn Ironside has become famous because of the TV show Vikings. In the ninth century, Björn and Hastein launched a daring raid against the Iberian Peninsula. In this documentary, we take a look at Viking attacks on al-Andalus and other areas of early medieval Spain. The Emir of Córdoba rallied his troops to defend his coastline from the Norse fleet.
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Video games graphics sampled by J Stephen Roberts from Total War: ATTILA - Age of Charlemagne Campaign Pack.
Sources:
-Barraclough, Geoffrey - The Crucible of Europe: The Ninth and Tenth Centuries in European History, (University of California, 1976)
-Collins, Roger - Caliphs and Kings: Spain, 796-1031, (Wiley Blackwell, 2014)
-Ferguson, Robert - The Vikings, (Penguin, 2010)
-Haywood, John - Northmen: The Viking Saga, AD 793-1241, (Head of Zeus, 2020)
-Lomax, Derek W. - The Reconquest of Spain, (Longman Group, 1978)
-O’Callaghan, Joseph - A History of Medieval Spain, (Cornell, 1975)
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Music credits:
Heavy Interlude by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100515