For those with access to BBC iPlayer and/or On Demand services there has been a recent series on the History of Spain called "Blood and Glory - The Making of Spain".
Link below is to episode 3 which covers the Armada through Franco and the Civil War up to present Day, although the other episodes covering El Cid, The Inquisition and the various conflicts between Christian and Muslim are also available.
Note that there are no Camino references and a lot of the detail, particularly in Ep 1 and 2, is centred on the South of Spain, but it does give a good overview on what over the last 2000 years has influenced the Spain we visit today.
http://bbc.in/1MuJ35j
Episode 1 and 2 are also currently available on You Tube so I expect that episode 3 will also appear soon.
Link below is to episode 3 which covers the Armada through Franco and the Civil War up to present Day, although the other episodes covering El Cid, The Inquisition and the various conflicts between Christian and Muslim are also available.
Note that there are no Camino references and a lot of the detail, particularly in Ep 1 and 2, is centred on the South of Spain, but it does give a good overview on what over the last 2000 years has influenced the Spain we visit today.
http://bbc.in/1MuJ35j
Episode 1 and 2 are also currently available on You Tube so I expect that episode 3 will also appear soon.
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