1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:01,879 The Visigoths in Spain. 2 00:00:02,859 --> 00:00:10,539 In 476 AD, the Roman Empire finally collapsed due to serious internal problems, 3 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,599 including political, military and corruption, 4 00:00:14,259 --> 00:00:19,940 and also because of the pressure coming from outside its frontiers from the so-called barbarians. 5 00:00:20,519 --> 00:00:27,579 At the beginning of the 5th century, the Iberian Peninsula had a population of approximately 5 million inhabitants. 6 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:33,380 In the year 409, it was invaded by the Suevs, the Vandals, and the Alans from Asia. 7 00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:38,079 In 416, the Visigoths, who had become allies of Rome 8 00:00:38,079 --> 00:00:42,439 in order to drive the other invading tribes from Hispania, appeared. 9 00:00:43,179 --> 00:00:46,100 The Visigoths numbered approximately 80,000 10 00:00:46,100 --> 00:00:50,299 and were at the same time pushed by the Huns and their leader Attila, 11 00:00:50,299 --> 00:00:54,299 who became king in 434 AD. 12 00:00:54,299 --> 00:01:01,700 The Suebs resisted in the northeast of the peninsula, which today is Asturias, Galicia, and Portugal. 13 00:01:02,579 --> 00:01:09,900 The Visigoths, whose capital was in the south of France in Toulouse, were defeated by the French in the Battle of Vouillé, 14 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:14,859 and so moved their capital to Toledo in the center of the Iberian Peninsula. 15 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:20,040 In the south, the Byzantine Empire, led by Justiniano, 16 00:01:20,599 --> 00:01:24,980 managed to establish itself in a large part of the Mediterranean area. 17 00:01:25,939 --> 00:01:31,219 In 585, the Visigoth king, Leo Vigildo, 18 00:01:31,700 --> 00:01:34,640 managed to unify the country geographically 19 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,319 after a number of military campaigns, 20 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:41,379 incorporating the Suev kingdom into the Visigoth one. 21 00:01:41,379 --> 00:01:48,219 His son, Recaredo, carried out the religious unification by abandoning the Arian heresies 22 00:01:48,219 --> 00:01:55,239 and converting to Catholicism, the main religion in Hispania, at the Third Council of Toledo. 23 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:00,099 From that moment, a strong anti-Jewish policy was followed. 24 00:02:01,019 --> 00:02:05,379 In the year 654, when Rethis Vinto came to the throne, 25 00:02:05,379 --> 00:02:12,180 the legal text Liber Idicorum, meaning free movement, was formulated, 26 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,120 based on the principles of Roman law. 27 00:02:15,740 --> 00:02:19,680 This text brought about the legal unification of all the products 28 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,659 from the Roman population and the Visigoths. 29 00:02:23,780 --> 00:02:27,479 Around the year 710, the forces of the Caliphate Omea 30 00:02:27,479 --> 00:02:31,780 clashed with Rodrigo and his army at the Battle of Guadalete, 31 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:33,900 where Rodrigo died. 32 00:02:34,879 --> 00:02:41,659 A few years later, the whole Iberian Peninsula, except the north, had been conquered by the Muslims. 33 00:02:42,500 --> 00:02:49,319 The great thinkers of the Visigoth era were pastors such as Saint Isidoro and Saint Leandro. 34 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:57,500 Saint Isidoro, who was the bishop of Sevilla, wrote the Etymologia, the first encyclopedia, 35 00:02:57,500 --> 00:03:01,460 where he ordered and explained all the learning of his era 36 00:03:01,460 --> 00:03:04,199 based on the origin of words. 37 00:03:05,219 --> 00:03:06,460 Regarding architecture, 38 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,900 the churches of San Juan de Baños in Palencia, 39 00:03:10,599 --> 00:03:12,800 San Pedro de la Nave in Zamora, 40 00:03:13,500 --> 00:03:15,699 Santa Comba de Banda in Orense, 41 00:03:15,699 --> 00:03:20,180 and Quintanilla de las Viñas in Burgos stand up. 42 00:03:20,479 --> 00:03:21,780 In metal craftwork, 43 00:03:22,479 --> 00:03:25,659 the treasures of Torre Don Gimeno in Jaén 44 00:03:25,659 --> 00:03:33,960 and the treasure of Guadalajara, including the crown of Reci's Vinto, are worthy of note.