The Spanish Empire - History Documentary

In this video, we look at the history of the Spanish Empire, from its rise under the joint monarchy of Ferdinand and Isabella and beyond.

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The following Music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

The Pyre
Teller of The Tales
The Descent
Clash Defiant
Majestic Hills
Gregorian Chant
Sardana
Rites
Laid Back Guitars
Canon in D Major

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Yonder Hill and Dale
Spanish Rose
Pink Flamenco
Harpsichord Fugue
Summer Symphony Ball

Sources and further reading:

[1] Payne, Stanley G. "A History of Spain and Portugal", University of Wisconsin Press; First Edition (January 1, 1973)

[2] Elliot, J.H., "Imperial Spain." 1469-1716, Penguin; 2Rev Ed edition (July 25th, 2002)

[3] Prescott, William H. "History Of The Reign Of Ferdinand And Isabella, The Catholic.", Baudry European Library, 1842

[7] Davenport, Frances Gardiner. "Treaty between Spain and Portugal concluded at Tordesillas; June 7, 1494." European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States to 1648, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1917, Yale Law School Lillian Goldman Law Library.

Map Sources

[9] EmperorTigerstar. "The History of North America: Every Year." YouTube, Mar 24, 2017.

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[Fireoflearning]

Note - Spanish is spoken as a *native language* by more people than English. English is more common when those who know it as a second language are included.

[texasborn]

Not only do you not learn about Spanish history in U.S. schools . But you never hear how Spain (Along with France) played a major part in the American revolution ? In fact you never hear about George Washington Spanish friend Juan De Miralles who was sent from Spanish King Carlos III to Washington to help in the American revolution ! Another tid bit the $ sign originally with two lines. Comes from the Spanish abbreviation for peso and the pillars of Hercules that you see on the Spanish flag. And Spanish currency was also legal U.S currency until 1857

[AndrwsAnimatics]

As a Spaniard im really happy you took the time to made this, also as a history enthusiast and video producer !!! THANK YOU !!!

[Replicaate]

Having grown up mostly in various colonial outposts of the decaying British Empire, I'm surprisingly ill-educated on matters of Spanish history. As I often joke, "History is written by the British", and so we're not taught much in school about the huge world dominating empire that came before their particular world dominating empire, and good books on it are harder to find than I imagine they are in he USA any other country that Spain had more presence in historically. So I'm eternally grateful for your videos on Spain - now back to the video, Plus Ultra and all that.

[yowsg]

I love learning about the Spanish empire. But it’s hard to find videos the are intriguing and interesting to me. But your content is really good!

[EvilSmonker]

Finally, the most underrated (and first) truly global superpower; presented beautifully.

[alexmartin]

Cool video. I've always wondered how Spain became what it once was and how that grew to becoming a big language dominance around the globe. Greetings from USA 🇺🇲🤝🇪🇸

[demiansolis]

The American historian John Elliot, in his work "Empires of the Atlantic" claims that when the British started building their own colonial empire in the 17th century, they looked at Spain for ideas and methods to run a global transatlantic empire. During the reign of Philip II, Spain was able to build a complex administrative machinery that allowed it to govern its huge empire in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa. It is false that the Spanish empire was ill administered, as some Anglo-Saxon Youtubers and bloggers claim. For 4 centuries Spain was able to keep together much of its empire, in a time where communications across the Atlantic and the Pacific could take several months. The Spanish Crown created an effective system to prevent, detect, investigate and punish abuses of power on the American native populations at the hands of the viceroys, governors and Spanish settlers. The native Indians were more protected under Spanish rule than under local independent governments. As all human constructions, the Spanish empire had its lights and its shadows, no different than other empires throughout human history. Anglo-Saxon historians interested in the history of the Spanish empire need to approach it objectively without prejudices inherited from the Black Legend. I think this series of videos on the Spanish empire are a good attempt to summarize and explain more than 500 years of history.

[dagseyoum]

Who is here just for fun ? Not because you got an essay or test coming up, but because you just love learning history?

[elcidsolorzano]

The Spanish Empire which the first true 'Empire in which the sun never set'.

[VoiceOfVoiced]

Thank you for your videos. I'm a Brit living in Spain for nearly 10 years now with shamefully little knowledge of the history of my daughter's country... but you are now helping me fix that. Your videos are an enjoyable way to learn some history so I now also want to keep watching more and exploring your channel beyond the Iberian peninsula.

[saetainlatin]

A mention of Blas de Leso in the jenkin's ear war would have been great. The British were humiliated ion Cartagena de Indias

[SixHundredandThirteen]

I'm Dominican and in the D.R. they have the oldest Hospital and College from the spanish on the western hemisphere from 1497

[stefanvella]

👍🤴🦁🏰🤺🏇⚔🛡🏹✝⛪ As a Roman Catholic and great fan of the great European History and incredible achievements, i love Spain and its Great history. The Reconquista really fascinates me, the discovery and incredible conquests of the New World. And Especially during the Great Siege of Malta 1565 apart from the few volunteers and mercenaries, no country gave us help, Only the Spanish Empire sent much needed reinforcements and supplies, and helped us win the siege. Long Live SPain

[marc-antoine]

The only thing I absolutely HATE about your videos is that I seem to find them really late at night, but since they are SOOOO good, I have to finish them, leaving me to stay awake way too late.

[manuelcunha]

Força Espanha saudações de Portugal ❤🇪🇸
Spain was, is and will always be the Best European Country!! Cheers from Portugal🇵🇹

[ll]

Roses are red,
violets are blue,
I dropped everything,
for Spain part two.

[karloangelocamagay]

i am from the philippines a former spanish colony, thank you for enlightening us about the spanish empire

[Juanlescano]

VIVA ESPAÑA 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸 proud to have Italian Spaniard French Guaraní 🇮🇹🇪🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷Blood

[Chebva]

Thank you for the information about my family. My family first built a home and settled in Colorado in 1598. We are the settlers of the Sangre De Christo Mountians. My grandfather was born in the town of San Luis Colorado, the oldest town in Colorado.