Professor Nora Berend
speaker
213 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 10 Jul
Professor Nora Berend’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 2 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 1.
Appearances
And this time fall out because Rodrigo places his camp in front of the kings.
Rodrigo claims that this is because he's trying to protect the king, but the king sees it as absolute arrogance.
They have various angry exchanges and confrontations to the point where Alfonso wants to have Rodrigo captured.
But Rodrigo at that point escapes.
Well, he actually has his big break at this point.
Oh, right.
So as the Almoravids are conquering some of the lands of the Iberian Peninsula, there's an uprising in Valencia.
And this ruler, Al-Qadir, who had been installed by Alfonso VI as his protégé, who is very, very unpopular, is now overthrown, captured and executed.
And the city's judge, Ibn Jahaf, takes power.
Well, it's on the eastern coast and it was quite far down in Muslim lands at this point.
Well, so, I mean, he had been collecting tribute from there.
And so he has men who were then either captured during this rebellion or had to flee.
And it's at this point that Rodrigo decides to besiege the city.
So the siege means surrounding the city, starving it, raiding the surrounding countryside.
And Ibn Jahaf tries to get help from the Almoravids, who do send an army.
But torrential rains and Rodrigo cutting the dams of the River Turia floods the area between the Almoravids and Rodrigo's army.
So Rodrigo basically foils this plan to get outside help.
And in the end, in 1094, Valencia surrenders and Rodrigo becomes its ruler now.
So he officially calls himself and is called by his subjects princeps, prince, which is a kind of term for prince.
rulers who are not kings.
Showing 101–120 of 213 · page 6 of 11
← Previous
Next →