Ladies and Gents - as requested, I put all five parts of Episode X into one long video. Can't believe this came out to 1 hour and 45 minutes! The next episode has nearly been full researched and its going to be a long one as well. Hoping to drop the podcast (audio only) in late Sept and have the videos out thereafter. Thanks for bearing with me - I know the wait is long, but I want to make sure that the videos I make are the best I can possibly make. All the best in the mean time - and as always: Thank you for watching, sharing, commenting, and making this channel a community!

Amazing that the "amateurs" in the backwaters of KZfaq provide more professional and interesting historical renditions than mainstream television networks like History Channel and national geographic with their billions of dollars and hundreds of "experts". Are they ashamed of themselves? Ancient astronaut theorists say YES!

they should really make a series about Alphonso X life. the recent death and challenge from his father, his achievements, dreams, dissapointments, and grief would make an outstanding drama series

Whoever chose the tracks of this episode must have great musical sensibility. I'm still taking my time to study it more deeply, but from the initial impressions I've had from studying Spanish history, it seems like they were years, even centuries, ahead in intellectual discussions, such as in philosophy with João de São Tomás. Thank you for this video, you're a hero for making content on Spanish history, a subject that, it seems, is being deleted and Spanish merits are very much forgotten.

History video : exists Great courses Plus: I am about to sponsor this mans entire career

This series has been amazing and is deserving of SO much more exposure

I find The Reconquista Series way better by miles than all the seasons of Games of Thrones... Reconquista is the real Games Of Thrones...I Love your channel...keep it up and keep them coming.

I am now convinced you're the best history channel on youtube, so much detail in the explanations, and so much effort put in the animations and just the whole video was perfect. Thank you for that!

Well written, well sourced, well attributed and extremely well produced. I love your channel.. Bravo

I've got into history lately, been watching the best channels out here addictively, but have to say, yours is amongs the best. Your involvment in the comment section and your entusiasm and love for what you do shows off from your work, brighrly. I sincerely Thank you for it, keep doing you.

brilliant narration, tasteful presentation...what can I say... flash point the wise !

Your work is amazing and I can't get enough of it!

Congratulations, this is an amazing series! Very well narrated with a brilliantly executed graphism. Please keep it up!

Finally the History! Muito Obrigado!

Love these episodes! Thanks for sharing these precious details of history! :)

Beautiful imagery, great sound, facts on point, all do justice to an incredible history that must be a pleasure to bring to so many people

I'm so happy that I've found your channel. You are a perfect narrator, teacher and educator. As a anthropologist I also love history. But sadly there are lots of kids and older people disregarding history as something boring and not important. You are a true fighter in this sense, you bring light to those kids and present them history in interesting, quite anthropological (!) and in fascinating way combining Total War game and comments that surely loosen the audience, even if I, as part of your educated but still curious audience don't like anachronism, but in your case I can finally see the point behind it: to make it more alive for those who just came to find it interesting. My respects, Flash Point History. Awesome job. Consider me subscribed!

Once again, amazingly informative. Well done and thank you!

Simply beautiful series, thanks for this.

This is, simply put, EPIC.

The Age of Exploration is a continuation of the Reconquista. Would be amazing to see your take on it.

Your content is top notch man, really enjoying this series. Can't wait for the next episode

To Err is human; To forgive is Divine! So profound! Thank you for such a fantastic series. I learned so much about something that I knew nothing of before. Great work!

683: The campaign of Sultan Al-Mansour to Castile: he launched raids [for 3 months and 10 days] on the areas of Jerez & Wadi Lakkah, he destroyed the area of Seville ,Niebla ,Écija and the areas around the mountains of al-sharaf,he managed to kill all the fighting men in this areas ,then he sacked Caramona & Jazirat qabtur, killing all of its men and capturing thousands of its residents ...he also destroyed many of Forts like Al Qanatir, Rutta, Raksh, and Martug, after killing their garrisons 690 Sultan Yusuf ibn Yaqoub's campaign to Castile due to the raids of Sancho & the breach of the peace traty and after the Castilian fleet attacked and destroyed a Marinid fleet in this campaign: Sultan besieged the fort of Bajir for 3 months, and during this period launched several devastating raids on the areas of Seville & Jerez 692: The campaign of Omar ibn Saud ibn Kharbash al-Hashemi: he besieged Tarif for several months but failed to capture it 709: The attempts of the Marinid fleet to break the siege of the Algacira, Gibraltar and Almeria managed to destroy several Castilian and Aragonese ships and cut their supply lines .. the commander Yahya bin Abdullah Ibn Abi Al-Ala [commander of the Marinid invaded and fought the Castilians in 73 battles and raids ] managed to annilihate a Castilian army led by Alfonso Perez near Merchana, while Commander Othman Ibn Abi Al-Ala [the greatest Marinid Commander invaded and fought the Castilians &Aragonese in 732 battles and raids] was able to inflict several heavy defeats on the Aragonese & Castilians until the year 712 AH 710-715: The Marinid fleet launched several raids on the coasts of Castile&Portugal 716 Yahya bin Abi Talib Al-Azzafi's campaign to Gibraltar: he beseiged it for several days and almost captured it He also managed to annihilate the Castile fleet and kill its commander known as "Gizmaq". 719: The Marinids with Granada's forces succeeded in repelling and destroying the Castilian Crusade of 135,000 crusaders. 732-733: the Sultan's expedition and with the help of Sultan Granada he managed to conquer and seize Gibraltar, and killed the Castilian garrison after a siege of 6 months Then he managed to expel the Castilian forces with great losses 740 The Sultan's campaign [backed by the Hafsid fleets] to Castile to reconquer Tarif: The Marinid fleet led by Muhammad ibn Ali al-Azfi destroyed the Castilian fleet in a naval battle and killed its commander known as"Al-mulund" In it they besieged Tarif and its garrison for 6 months until the soldiers' supplies ran out before the Sultan's army was heavily defeated by the Castilians&their allies in (Rio Salido ) in which the marinids lost 50,000 men 742-743: Campaign to break the siege of Algaciras failed and the fortified city falls 750: the Marinid garrison of Gibraltar succeeded in repelling the Castilians The Marinid rule continued in Andalusia until 775 AH but continued to support Granada with men and money in their wars against castilla till its falls

I love thorough and committed people almost as much as I love history. I grew up poor and had difficulties of life that had got in the way of my abilities to continue University. So I never got to study it as much as I would have liked. Your productions are getting of enough that you are helping fill that void. Some of the best. Truly. Subbed, liked and rung.

ALMOST 2HRS!!! I AM IMPRESSED! BRING IT ON!

Excellent presentation dudes!

An absolutely tremendous presentation. Watching it at work man this has made my day. Thank you.

I whent mental and was happy when saw this just got uploaded keep it up I'm loveing it!

Awesome historical channel ever~ thank you for the amazing sharing!

I fell asleep listening to music and woke up listening to this wtf.

Your work is incredible

Great job. Precise historical facts, amazing animations and great narration. As a portuguese the subject is also of much interest to me. Thanks for your amazing work.

I love all of this, thanks

Best documentary on the subject...thanks

Truly magnificent. What a great legacy for the ages.

Yh was gonna watch all episodes but I am so glad you put them all together I prefer to do it all in one go I seem to remember more and dont seem to get distracted as much Great content dude so glad I came back

I just finished - Magnificent! Much thanks! 💖😎

Yèeeeeeesss what treat an hour and 47 min video the wait was worth it

Fantastic work, thanks a lot!

Your side comments and knowing tone are just short of corny and somehow land at a place that is both entertaining and insightful. You do a great job of conveying an ease and command of the history and the people involved. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Top notch stuff Sir...

I cannot wait for the next video

Awesome! For whatever reason I discovered your channel only quite recently though this period is, with the nineteenth century- complete different subject- and the whole Norman and Rus history a very favorite of mine since I read my very first book on the subject back in 2003 (Pierre Guichard's "an History of Andalus") and even before to be perfectly honest. I hope you enjoyed your holidays with your family by the way. Take care!

Enjoyed this one very much. Thanks

That was wonderful, thank you.

Thanks so much for the vídeo.

hey my History brotha...... I can listen to your video tons of times... for some reason History done well , like you do, is like a story I can always listen to and chillax, like a natural sedative....thanks..

I wish they had teached History like this when I studied this... kids nowadays have no idea how lucky they are! XD

I want to thank you for this podcast it has been awesome.

Hello, excellent history video, thank you; as a former resident of Granada I was tremendously glad to find a thorough English language documentary of this history. As someone who religiously listens to Hardcore History & Revolutions, I am also very glad to have found another top notch history podcast to add to my repertoire. Keep it up

Love renconquista I from Brazil ⛪

I've been watching a few of these and the repeated quotation of Ferengi Rules of Acquisition alongside more serious and less fictitious sources have just earned you another like and subscription :) I'll be very interested to see what topic you'll discuss next!

Fantastic series!

Truly a masterful work. Nothing to envy to the History Channel, probably even more detailed! Coming from Spanish ancestry, this has filled many voids on my knowledge of Spanish medieval history. Very interesting and revealing. As someone else mentioned: "the real game of thrones". Keep up the good work.

I hesitate to see videos that last 15+ minutes. I often watch just a few minutes to see if they are worth it. Watched it all in 1 sit. Great video. Very entertaining to watch. Thank you.

Wow just amazed, so interesting how you connect everything and make it both interesting and understandable also you look deeper into what the Leaders and important Players could have been thinking and the reasoning for the decisions that they made. A Definite Gold Standard of Historic Story Telling. Thanks

Phenomenal!!! Keep up the awesome work!!!

Wow so nice history you share

I love these videos, good work!

Great video! A top notch documentary!

Amazing video! Thank you 🙏🏼

amazing work bro

What a mother ! She crowned her son as a king ! TWICE ! For different kingdoms !!!

These videos makes for great listening while playing the new Mount and Blade II : Bannerlord ! Keep up the great work!

Yo Flash! Never forget that even if your videos are a year or a couple of years old, that won't suggest people won't enjoy your content. I always return to these, wish you all the best!❤️

I think its really touching that ferdinand got to visit his mum one last time despite all the family and kin infighting and strife. 1217 fought own father

Interesting summary, got me wanting more :)

Great work!

Brilliantly Laid out and presented.

i am totally amazed. your second full episode is as excellent or even better than the first. all the details are so well executed that for a moment i suspected it was done by a sort of "hollywood behind the scene company", :) super interesting (and the subject is not an easy one). congratulation!!!! p.s. if i may ask ,which sofware do you use to reach such a professionnal level? big hug from Santiago de C.

Impressive, Thank you!

impressive story telling, well done. so many intricate nuances. i would have enjoyed a little more connection with the roman empire, how the provinces split, population that remained, absorption, etc. but phenomenal job

This is amazing,

Damn you give me such an emotional response to history. I love it. Thank you. This is really what history is though, it isn't talking about old dead dudes, its telling a story. You can take a moral from the story, but regardless of anything, it was a mans life. It has the same functions as fiction, yet, is more impactful because we can look around us and see what they did, not just imagine it. Thank you for doing history justice :)

Astonishing chronicle! And this comes from a Spaniard who wasn't taught as much in highschool as I've come to learn from your videos. Of course I knew about Alfonso X el Sabio, but never with the depth and dramatism that you narrated his story. Thanks!

Excellent. Thank you.

How do some comments I make on KZfaq get more likes than this? You deserve way more attention than you currently have right now. Respect.

This is an excellent academic and understandable Summary with references. This is a great and entertaining way to learn and prepare for our upcoming trip to the south of Spain in September of 2023!

This is incredible

You really have high quality work! It's really a great experience watching your videos! Hopefully, you'll make a series after the Reconquista like the Hapsburg-Ottoman Wars which expanded the scope of Spain's war against Islam to a Global Scale.

Awesome. Well worth watching.

Que trabajo mas bien hecho. Mi mas cincera enhorabuena

Fascinating

Muito bom trabalho

can't wait for the next video, this is better than game of thrones! very well explained also!

Portugal, Léon, Castille, Aragon and Catalonia. Brothers in Arms.

Great videos I enjoy watching them all but when u going to put out the last phase of the reconquista with isebella and Ferdinand I see u doing the fall Constantinople and those r dope to but don’t forget to finish this series out like Punic wars and all ur other series... ima big fan though keep these videos coming u have one of the top history channels on KZfaq if not the best

EVERYONE, if you enjoy this work and want to keep supporting it, do not only like and subscribe to his channel but also support the Amazon Prime series Cid. It's about the legendary warrior lord of the Reconquista. It's very historical accurate and these kind of shows needs our support because this time era is very neglected. Thank u

Please keep going!!! I need more episodes of this. I hope you take this series all the way to the marriage of Isabella and Ferdinand

Perfect sound levels! Yay! 😍

So smooth.

Flash Point History uploads! HYPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Such a feel good story.

Using rule of acquistion in medieval video is excelent! Well done sir

Great work this series is...please do an entire series also of the Mongols..

I am proudly a descendeantof San Fernando, Rey de España,

My God. This is the way to make a fascinating history lesson. My respect for your work. Watched it with pleasure. 👏👏👏👌👌👌 Ps: the use of the ferengi rules of acquisition made me cry from laughter 😂😎👍

This is a great documentary! must have took ages to make :)

Siete partidas was also based on Justinian´s codex (Roman [byzantine era] Emperor), and both Alphonso X and Justinian are in the American house of representatives as great lawmakers. Impressive.