The history of Spain dates to contact between the pre-Roman peoples of the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula with the Greeks and Phoenicians. During Classical Antiquity, the peninsula was t
Illustration depicting the (now lost) Luzaga's Bronze, an example of the Celtiberian script.
Visigothic King Roderic haranguing his troops before the Battle of Guadalete
Detail of the votive crown of Recceswinth from the Treasure of Guarrazar, (Toledo-Spain) hanging in Madrid. The hanging letters spell [R]ECCESVINTHVS REX OFFERET [King R. offers this].
Visigothic church, San Pedro de la Nave. Zamora. Spain
Spain in the Middle Ages is a period in the history of what would eventually later become Spain that began in the 5th century following the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ended with the beginnin
History of Spain
…tribes during the 4th and 5th centuries AD, resulting in the end of Roman rule and the establishment of Germanic kingdoms, marking the beginning of the Middle Ages in Spain. Germanic control lasted until the Umayyad conquest of Hispania began in 711. The region became known as Al-Andalus, and except for the small Kingdom…
Visigothic church of Santa Comba de Bande, Ourense. Galicia, Spain.
Aragonese Castle in Reggio Calabria, Italy
The Spanish kingdoms in 1360