Goodbye to Catalonia?
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
The French Empire Strikes Back
The visigothic kingdom of spain was invaded and overthrown by a moorish invasion in the early seven hundreds. Catalonia is in the far northeastern corner of spain, so the moors do not effectively conquer that area until 718. They then proceed northward over the pyrenees and invade france. And this provokes an organized and effective reaction from the frankish rulers ofo what we know as france. Right? The frankish empire, under charles martel and his successors, successfully strikes back. Under charlemagne, the franks actually counter attack back south over the Pyrenees. Finally completing their conquest with the capture of barcelona in
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