Chapter 2080 Marriage Is a Weapon

Who would dare to believe that the proud and proud Catalans are actually African natives.

Things still have to start from a distant "said a long time ago".

Everyone knows that Turkey is the "crossroads" of Europe and Asia. In fact, Spain, which is far away from the southwestern tip of the European continent, is also an extremely important transportation hub.

The unique geographical location determines that Spain is destined to encounter settlers from all over the world.

Since 3000 BC, Celts, Phoenicians, Moors, etc. have continuously visited this land. The word "Spain" comes from the Phoenician language, meaning "hare".

In 19 BC, the Roman Empire completely conquered the Iberian Peninsula and established the "Spanish Province" here. The full name is "Tarragona Spanish Province".

400 years later, the Roman Empire was no longer able to stop the migration of the barbarians, and the Visigoths took the opportunity to enter Spain and establish the Visigoth Kingdom, replacing the rule of the Roman Empire in the Iberian Peninsula.

After experiencing Roman conquest and hundreds of years of "Romanization-Christian" rule and integration of the Visigothic Kingdom, the countries on the Iberian Peninsula ushered in a major turning point in their fate.

In 711 AD, Tariq ibn Ziyad, the Berber commander who converted to Christianity, led his army across the narrow Strait of Gibraltar, defeated the army of the Visigothic Kingdom several times larger than himself in the Battle of Guadalete, and then swept the country. Iberian Peninsula.

The rule of Christianity was established on the peninsula, while the Christian forces were squeezed into the mountains in the north of the peninsula.

Catalonia, located in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, was not spared either, and its small size was simply not enough to withstand the impact of the Japanese cavalry.

However, within a few decades, knights from the north "liberated" them from the rule of the Communists.

During the period of Charlemagne, the emperor of the Frankish Carolingian dynasty, the Frankish army crossed the Pyrenees, expelled the French army occupying Catalonia, and turned this place into the frontier of the Frankish Kingdom.

In 801 AD, the Earl of Barcelona was established and surrendered to the Frankish Kingdom, serving as a buffer between the kingdom and the political power of the Iberian Peninsula and monitoring the movements of the political power in the Iberian Peninsula.

However, in Catalonia, whether they are civilians or local nobles, they are neither willing to accept the rule of the Communist Party, nor do they want to be led by the Frankish royal family far in the north.

Instead, the past three hundred years under the loosely governed Visigothic kingdoms,

Let them never forget.

In 985 AD, the French army captured Barcelona, ​​and the count fled to the mountains to seek help from his West Frankish overlord. However, the Carolingian royal family was dying at this time and died in 987 AD.

The newly-appeared Capetian Dynasty demanded the loyalty of the Earl of Barcelona, ​​but at that time they didn't even have any territory, so how could they still pledge their allegiance?

The count did not agree to the request of the new Frankish king, which was considered a sign of the independence of the Counties of Barcelona from the Frankish Kingdom.

In other words, as early as the end of the 10th century, Catalonia was independent early.

And what about Spain at that time? Sorry, the Iberian Peninsula is torn apart at this time, and "Spain" as a ZZ entity does not exist at this time: since the establishment of the Visigothic Kingdom, "Spain" is just a historical and geographical concept.

Of course, if you just say "Spanish provinces", you can probably find traces in the old local chronicles.

After being driven to the northern mountains by the Japanese conquerors, the nobles of the original Visigothic kingdom who were unwilling to be kings of the mountains huddled together to keep warm.

The "Recovery of Lost Lands Movement" aimed at expelling the invaders who invaded the peninsula, regaining the land belonging to the Visigoths, and restoring the past order and faith began vigorously.

Since 718 AD, three small Christian countries, Asturias, Navarre, and Aragon, have been established in the northern part of the peninsula.

In order to resist and expel the Communist regime occupying the central and southern part of the peninsula, the three small Christian countries are closely united.

At the same time, in order to gain a greater voice in the political structure of the Iberian Peninsula, the three small Christian countries also fought and attacked each other.

Whether to cooperate or confront depends on the strength of the "foreign enemy". When the Communist regime is strong, the small Christian countries will cooperate with each other; when the Communist regime is weak, the small Christian countries will compete with each other.

In terms of political power, since the defeat of the Visigothic Kingdom in the 8th century, four unified political powers have emerged on the Iberian Peninsula, including the post-Umayyad dynasty.

Although *** brought the advanced scientific and technological achievements of the East to the peninsula, and made amazing achievements in social development, culture, architecture and other fields, *** has always been weak in ZZ maintenance:

On the one hand, there are endless infighting within the Communist Party and the dispersion of power.

Compared with the Christian countries in the north, the Christian countries in the south rarely have leaders who can integrate various parts of the country to carry out "jihad", and even introduce northern Christian forces to seek "help" when they split up;

On the other hand, the Communist Party did not practice religious tolerance most of the time, forced its subjects to convert to Christianity, imposed heavy taxes on those who disobeyed, and even forced them to leave, which led to domestic religious conflicts one after another.

As a foreign alien ruler, the Communist Party could neither unite its own strength nor effectively integrate this new land. Failure is simply doomed.

At the end of the 12th century, the newly-elected Pope Innocent III called on the Christian countries on the Iberian Peninsula to stop fighting among themselves and unite against the Communist regime in the south.

Immediately, the Christian forces on the peninsula united, and the Crusaders on the European continent also entered the peninsula.

A huge Christian coalition army was established and defeated the Christian army in the ensuing Battle of Tolosa.

By 1251, only Granada at the southern tip of the peninsula remained on the territory of the Communist Party of China on the Iberian Peninsula, and it survived with diplomatic means such as tribute to gold, alliances, and attachments.

At this time, "Asturias", which was renamed the "Kingdom of Leon", had been annexed by its original kingdom of Castile, and Portugal also became independent from the southwest of the Kingdom of Leon, and obtained the Holy See. recognition; the County of Barcelona became part of the Kingdom of Aragon.

After that, marriage is inevitable. If you want to annex a country, there is no other way than through war. Marriage is the best weapon.

In the eyes of medieval Europeans, marriage was even more effective than war. For example, if the king of kingdom A married the queen of kingdom B, then the two kingdoms of A and B would naturally merge into the United Kingdom, and the offspring of the couple would get the succession of the two kingdoms;

Another example is that the king of Kingdom A dies without heirs, so according to the country's "law of succession to the throne", a foreign relative of the king may inherit the kingdom.

As mentioned earlier, Prussia rapidly expanded its territory and power through marriage, and became a powerful country in Central Europe.

And this kind of "good thing" happened more than once on the Iberian Peninsula.

In 1137, Count Berenguer of the County of Barcelona was engaged to Crown Prince Bertronella of Aragon and became the Prince of the Kingdom of Aragon. In this way, the County of Barcelona was incorporated into the Kingdom of Aragon.

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