Portugal: On the Edge of the World (TRIH eps 227-230)
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This episode inaugurates a multipart history of Portugal. The hosts trace Portugal's long, layered past from ancient times—Carthaginian contacts, Roman conquest and the Lusitania identity—to Visigothic and Moorish rule and the medieval Reconquista. They chart the emergence of a Portuguese kingdom under Afonso I (Alfonso Henriques) with key battles (São Mamede, Ourique) and the 1147 Siege of Lisbon aided by English crusaders. The long Anglo‑Portuguese relationship is highlighted via 14th‑centu...
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- Mona Lisa (1503)
- Wars of the Roses (1455)
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