Tag: History of the Basques
Blas de Lezo, the Basque who Saved the Spanish Empire
The Argentine website Infobae today brings us an article about the history of a Basque man from Pasaia. In Cartagena de Indias, he, with 3,000...
The Orson Welles documentary “The Land of the Basques” available uncut...
Back in the prehistory of this site, around about May 2008, when we were just taking our first hesitant steps on this project, we brought...
The Basques make up “the great exception to all the laws...
There are times when we are completely taken aback by our complete ignorance (that of those writing here) of fundamental aspects of our culture...
A gift for the Basque diaspora in the US: a 1977...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
Today, we want to bring you what we think is a tiny jewel: a report, about five minutes...
August 15, the anniversary of the Battle of Roncevaux Pass: another...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
Our regular readers will know that every so often, we like to go through the stories told about...
The Basque paradigm: the debate about Basque specificity is over
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
Basques don’t have any relevant genetic differences with Spaniards. That’s what was published just over two years ago...
The Basques, a people with more than 15,000 years of history,...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
Today, we’re going to make one of those exceptions we like so much. We’re going to break our...
Are the Basques Spanish? NO
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
Are all mammals land dwellers? Do all mammals give birth to live young? Do all birds fly? Do...
Maurice Ravel, the Basque who believed in his country
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
The peoples who don’t usually write their history, because it’s usually written for them (by the victors in...