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¿Cómo empezar en el recreacionismo histórico? Guía para principiantes
¿Te interesa la recreación histórica?
Descubre cómo empezar paso a paso, desde elegir una época y documentarte hasta preparar tu vestuario, calcular los gastos y encontrar asociaciones de recreador...
¿A qué se le denomina recreación histórica?
La recreación histórica es una actividad cultural que busca representar ...
España
Almanzor: the warlord who made the Christian kingdoms tremble
Almanzor was one of the great military leaders of al-Andalus and the man who turned Córdoba into a powerful military force at the end of the 10th century.
Although he never became caliph, he contro...
Almanzor, the man who turned Córdoba into a great military power
More than a thousand years ago, the Iberian Peninsu...
Cultura
Hispanidad and National Day: What does October 12th mean for Spain?
October 12th is Spain's National Day and a date closely linked to the history of the Hispanic world.
Discover the meaning of this celebration, its connection to Christopher Columbus's arrival in th...
A date related to history
October 12th is Spain's National Day, a holiday related to one of the most important event...
Edad Media
The Santa Compaña and soul processions: fear of the afterlife in the Middle Ages
The Santa Compaña and the soul processions are part of an imagery in which death, religious beliefs, and popular traditions have intermingled for centuries.
In the Middle Ages, communities lived wi...
The legends that shaped the world of the dead
During the Middle Ages, death occupied a constant place in people's li...
España
Battle of Trafalgar: the naval confrontation between Napoleon and Great Britain
The Battle of Trafalgar, fought on October 21, 1805, off the coast of Cádiz, pitted the Franco-Spanish fleet against the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.The British victory, led by Ho...
The Road to Trafalgar
At the beginning of the 19th century, Napoleon Bonaparte sought to weaken Great Britain and pr...
España
October medieval markets in Spain: where to go this autumn?
October arrives with numerous medieval markets in Spain, a perfect opportunity to organize a weekend getaway.
Discover the main medieval fairs in Spain, their dates, and what you can find at each o...
Fairs, crafts, and historical reenactments to enjoy in autumn
October is peak season for medieval markets in Spain a...
España
The struggle for territorial expansion and control between Muslims and Christians on the Iberian Peninsula
During the Middle Ages, the struggle for territorial expansion and control between Christian kingdoms and Muslim powers progressively transformed the political map of the Iberian Peninsula.
October...
October, a key month in the struggle for medieval expansion
Between the 11th and 14th centuries, the peninsular Chri...
Edad Media
From Rome to the Visigoths: 25 years that changed the West
Barely twenty-five years passed between the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains and the fall of the last Western Roman emperor, but it was a period of great political and military change, during which...
When Rome could still resist
By the mid-5th century, the Western Roman Empire was going through a stage of enormous ...
curiosidades
The 1313 codex reveals the secrets of medieval life in Teruel
How were a community's rights defended over seven hundred years ago?Before modern archives made it easy to consult documentation, preserving a privilege granted by a king could be decisive when a d...
Seven centuries protecting rights and disputes
In 1313, in the heart of the Middle Ages, a manuscript began to be co...
