The Animated History of Spain

Tucked away on the Iberian peninsula, discover how the Roman province of Hispania became the foothold of Islam in Europe in the Medieval Period, before uniting to become the most powerful empire on earth. It's all here. Its all Spain.

Thanks to my Patrons: Melisa Cecilia and Brandon Gonzalez

Be sure to check out the collaboration with Feature History on the Spanish Civil War!

[eljugadorloco]

You jump like 300 years of VERY IMPORTANT history of the Spanish Empire... where is the Golden Century?

[hugowolf]

Fun fact: the Philippines was named after Felipe II.

[cultofmalgus]

Greetings from Italy to my cousins in Portugal and Spain. Love you guys!

[davilox_]

Aaah Spain... only if you had good politicians

[javierlozano]

The spanish army wasnt really defeated by the napoleonic one. They conquered spain when the king let them in to conquer portugal, but napoleon decided to take spain aswell, betraying them and breaking the deal.The napoleonic army was far superior but still spain managed to win the war thanks to guerrilla warfare and brittish supoort.

[MichielvandenBroeke]

You totally skipped the war with the dutch that lasted 80 years?!

[pyblo]

It wasn't king Ferdinand who paid Colombus voyage, it was Isabel, so the territories discovered where part of the Reign of Castilla, but they were not part of the Aragon reign.

[gonzalo]

Part of my family came from Spain to Argentina at the end of the XIX century and beginning of the XX century. They came from Galicia, León, Basque Country and the old region of Castilla la Vieja. I’m very proud of my Spanish blood and someday i want to visit the places where my family used to live back in the day. 🇦🇷🇪🇸

[Zeracus-dvun]

No, no, no. Napoleón pidió a España acceso para ir a por Portugal, pero atacó rastreramente a España.

[ElionChrona]

I dont get why everyone says the Spanish inquisition was so brutal. FYI only 4% of the people captured were senteced to death and burned at the stake, thats around 5000 people, while in Germany, more than 25000 "witches" were assassinated.

[Kitiwake]

The French revolution was 10X more bloody that the whole of the Spanish Inquisition.

[brothergamnyt]

I never realized how Spain history is so awesome !!!
Greetings from Serbia 🇷🇸
🇷🇸❤🇪🇸

[EmeteCT]

Such a shame that a really cool video is so filled with errors.

Major mistakes:
-Catalonia is a region in the NORTH East, not South East.
-The kingdom of Granada didn't hold so much territory. It was most of the time limited to the current provinces of Málaga, Granada and Almería, with small pieces of the other provinces (but not them as a whole as depicted). I'm also sure that the Portuguese wouldn't be so happy with them included in that kingdom.
-HABSBURG is not spelled with a damn P.
-There wasn't such a long-standing republic in Spain as the video mentions. The 1st Republic lasted only from February 1873 to December 1874, at which point the Borbons were restored. Then, after more than 50 years, two kings (one of them helped some time by his mother and by a fascist dictator), and World War I, the 2nd Republic was declared in April 1931, and ended in April 1939 after three years of a civil war.
-The Kingdom of Spain wasn't created until 1714, after the Sucession War ended with victory of the Borbons over the Habsburgs. The marriage of Isabella I of Castille and Ferdinand II of Aragon just united their realms under a same monarch, yet both territories were to remain separated entities. That was the reason of the Antonio Pérez problem that Phillip II had to cope with a whole century later.
-It wasn't King Ferdinand that authorised Columbus to travel to "the west Indies", but Queen Isabella. No American territory was conquered by the Crown of Aragon.

I know it's very difficult to mention every detail of a country's history in such a short video... But be sure that the info you're giving is accurate enough. Go on though, these videos are damn too cool.

[julengomes]

Se te olvido la paliza que le dio Blas de Lezo a los Ingleses

[torblama]

Parece hecho con buena intención pero desinforma más de lo que informa

[retrorusillo]

El caso de la gripe española es muy curioso debido a que la razon por la que recibio ese nombre fue debido a que al no estar españa en guerra, el nivel de censura era muy inferior al que se tenia en las naciones que combatian en la gran guerra, por lo que en la prensa se hablaba abiertamente de ella, mientras que en otros paises, a pesar de estar tambien afectados por ella, era un tema censurado xD.

[bonitron]

also, aragon controled napoles, sicilia, cerdeña and a litlee ofgreece in 1500

[UTubeTulip]

I think Spain had something to do with South and Central America? Wasn't really mentioned in this video, other than just sending Columbus there.

[lukethomeret-duran]

"Spanish are ungovernable" yes, yes we are 😂🔥🇪🇸 viva España

[swordboy]

Just got back from Spain yesterday (I live in the US). Went to Madrid, Toledo, Segovia, Barcelona, and then Girona. Loved every moment of it. Beautiful country with a beautiful culture.