This video provides a detailed and engaging account of the life of El Cid, a Spanish folk hero and chivalric icon of the Reconquista. It delves into his rise to fame, his loyalty to his lords, and his eventual conquest of Valencia....

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Usually when a pirate who's plundered numerous cities and exploded his prisoners is captured he's sent to the gallows, but for one Henry Morgan the guy was knighted by the king and sent back to Jamaica to...

Feudalism was dying. In the age of globe-spanning colonial empires, commercial printing, and the scientific revolution, the idea of a state held together by a myriad of personal arrangements between ruler and nobility was beginning to...

The Spanish Armada was a disaster... so King Philip decided to do it two more times

1762 - In the aftermath of the French and Indian War, France loses the Louisiana Territory to Spain. When Spain returns the land to France in an 1801 treaty, Americans worry about what the aggressive Napoleon Bonaparte might do with it....

November 7, 1492 - A meteorite crashes through Earth’s atmosphere, creating a sonic boom and illuminating the sky above the Austrian capital. Known as the Donnerstein, or Thunderstone, the deafening sound of the fireball is heard over...

1492 - Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Hispaniola and begins enslaving its people. European diseases and brutal working conditions bring the indigenous population to the brink of extinction. Over the next three hundred years,...

Spanish Words Kids Love videos have: - Full sentences supported by beautiful images. - Native-speaker audio. - Important basic structures that kids can transfer to their lives. - Repetition of key grammatical structures. - An interactive...

Spanish Words Kids Love videos have: - Full sentences supported by focused images. - Native-speaker audio. - Important basic structures that kids can transfer to many situations. - Repetition of key grammatical structures. - An...

Spanish Words Kids Love videos: - Full sentences supported by beautiful images. - Native-speaker audio. - A limited number of vocabulary words to allow for retention. - Basic structures that kids can transfer to many situations. -...

Spanish Words Kids Love videos have: - Native-speaker audio. - Full sentences supported by beautiful images. - A significant cultural component in both the video images and the vocabulary. - Printable games and activities to extend...

Spanish Words Kids Love videos have: - Full sentences supported by focused images. - Native-speaker audio. - Important basic structures that kids can apply in many situations. - Repetition of key grammatical structures. - An interactive...

The Secret Diaries of Mussolini's Son-in-Law | Ciano, Italy in WW2, Axis Powers, The Italian Empire

The Forgotten Election that Changed the World.

How did "Latino" become A Race? | History of Latin America, La Raza

In this video we will rank the European Union (EU) as if it were a country on the Economics Explained National Leaderboard, after exploring the economic challenges and opportunities facing all current member states. The EU collectively...

Over the last few weeks, the UK has become accustom to finding empty shelves in supermarkets. The thing is, that unlike during COVID, this is a fairly UK specific phenonium. So why is Britain running out of food, and is Brexit to blame?

46 years of confinement took a toll on Joanna's health. Family members occasionally visited but none attempted to release her. Finally, in her 70s, Joanna died in her sleep. Learn about her mental and physical decline and how her family...

With her father's knowledge and consent, Joanna was physically and mentally abused by her guards. This information became public around when her father, Ferdinand II died. That same year, Joanna's eldest son, Charles V reached the age of...

Despite their historic animosity, Joanna's father, Ferdinand II and her husband, Philip Duke of Burgundy joined forces to prevent Joanna becoming queen. What were the terms of their alliance and what motivated them to undermine Joanna?

In the late 1490s, Joanna's elder brother died and her sister soon followed, making Joanna heir to the Spanish throne. Explore how her new status altered the behaviour and position of her family members and how she coped with her...

At sixteen, Joanna of Castile was married to the eighteen-year-old Philip "the Fair," Duke of Burgundy. The marriage started off well but soon turned sour with Phillip's infidelity as well as financial and emotional manipulation. Learn...

National Archives: Ralph Thompson at the National Archives introduces PRO 30/55/19 document, De Galvez's authorisation of Poucha Houmas (3 Oct 1779) and the Carleton Papers, documents related to Colonial America. The video is a close...

National Aarchives: This video explores primary sources looking at refugee Basque children in 1937.These were the last words that Loli Gomez ever heard from her father as he said goodbye to her at Bilbao port in May 1937. Just under...