How Did Portugal Happen? (Short Animated Documentary)

Where did Portugal come from? Who founded it? When was it born? Well that's what here to find out when we ask 'How did Portugal Happen?'. We'll learn about Leon/Castile's relationship with the County of Portugal, how it became independent under Alfonso I and how Crusaders from England, Scotland, Belgium and other European states helped in its birth as one of Europe's most important nations.

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Sources:

A Concise History of Portugal by David Birmingham.

The New Frontier: The Role of the Knights Templar in the Establishment of Portugal as an Independent Kingdom by José Valente.

The Siege of Lisbon and the Second Crusade by Alan Forey.

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