Qualla: Battle of Covadonga https://qualla.com/battle-of-covadonga en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:18 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Covadonga https://qualla.com/battle-of-covadonga Battle of Covadonga: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-covadonga/ The Umayyad commander sent an envoy into the valley to demand Pelagius's surrender. Pelagius refused. This was 722 AD, and the man hiding in a cave above Covadonga with his band of fighters had already refused to pay the jizya, expelled a Muslim governor from Asturias, and declared himself princeps of a people who had lost nearly everything. The Umayyads controlled virtually all of Hispania. Pelagius controlled a narrow valley flanked by mountains. What happened next would echo across eight centuries of Iberian history.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/z/s/q/battle-of-covadonga-wp/ezsq-battle-of-covadonga-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Covadonga: Refuge in the Mountains https://qualla.com/battle-of-covadonga/ The story begins with collapse. When the Umayyad invasion swept through Hispania in 711, the Visigothic kingdom that had ruled the peninsula shattered. Refugees and fighters from the south fled northward, many taking shelter in the remote Cantabrian Mountains of Asturias, where t...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/z/s/q/battle-of-covadonga-wp/ezsq-battle-of-covadonga-refuge-in-the-mountains.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Covadonga: An Easy Victory That Wasn't https://qualla.com/battle-of-covadonga/ For several years, Pelagius's rebellion was too small to worry the Umayyad rulers in Cordoba. Islamic forces were focused on campaigns across the Pyrenees into Francia, and the mountain insurgency seemed beneath serious attention. What changed the calculation was the Battle of To...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/z/s/q/battle-of-covadonga-wp/ezsq-battle-of-covadonga-an-easy-victory-that-wasnt.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Covadonga: Arrows from the Slopes https://qualla.com/battle-of-covadonga/ At Covadonga, Pelagius had chosen his ground well. His fighters lined the mountain slopes above the valley, raining arrows and stones down on the Umayyad troops funneled into the narrow passage below. At the decisive moment, Pelagius led a contingent of soldiers out from a cave w...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/z/s/q/battle-of-covadonga-wp/ezsq-battle-of-covadonga-arrows-from-the-slopes.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Covadonga: The Spark That Burned for Eight Centuries https://qualla.com/battle-of-covadonga/ Munuza gathered the remnants and confronted Pelagius again near the modern town of Proaza. Once more Pelagius prevailed, and Munuza was killed in the fighting. With both Umayyad commanders dead, Asturias was free. Pelagius founded the Kingdom of Asturias, which became the first C...

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