He’s here! The hero of the Reconquista! Pelayo doesn’t want to pay taxes, but he also doesn’t want his sister to marry the Muslim prefect, and then he also has to save the Church! Come hear about the man of a thousand statues, an iffy genealogy, and a great pre-battle speech in Pelayo’s episode!
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Categories
Conquistadores
Score
Peter: 7
Sarah: 7
Total: 14
No Me Digas
Score
Peter: 3
Sarah: 2
Total: 5
Ortodoxia
Score
Peter: 8
Sarah: 8
Total: 16
El Rey-sto
Length of Reign: 19 years
Children: 2 – Ermesinda and Fávila
Death: Natural
Score
Peter: 7
Sarah: 8
Total: 15
¿Fuero o Fuera?
Sources
Primary
The Chronicle of Alfonso III. As translated in Wolf, Kenneth Baxter (1999). Conquerors and Chroniclers of Early Medieval Spain.
The Collected Accounts. As translated in James, David (2012). A History of Early Al-Andalus: The Akhbar majmu’a.
The History of the Mohammedan Dynasties in Spain, al-Makkari. As translated in de Gayangos, Pascual (1840).-Qutiyah
Secondary
Collins, Roger (1989). The Arab Conquest of Spain: 710-797.
O’Callaghan, Joseph F. (1975). A History of Medieval Spain.
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