This is the first of three episodes where circumstances force Dirk to record alone. In this episode, he reviews King Fruela I of Asturias. There will later be a follow-up remake, where both Dirk and Max are present to host.

Fruela:
Carr, Raymond. Spain: A History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Collins, Roger. Early Medieval Spain: Unity in Diversity, 400-1000. Camden: Palgrave Macmillan, 1995.
Written by Sebastianus, commissioned by Alfonso III. Chronicle of Alfonso III. Posted to aymennjawad.org 8/20/21. http://www.aymennjawad.org/24483/the-chronicle-of-alfonso-iii-the-kingdom.
"Alfonso II," Encyclopedia Britannica, edited 1/1/21, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfonso-II-king-of-Asturias.

Images Discussed:
https://www.meisterdrucke.uk/fine-art-prints/Spanish-School/942088/Pelagius-(685-737),-founder-of-the-Asturias-Kingdom-and-his-grandson-Fruela-I-(722-68)-(pigment-on-vellum-.html#top
(Fruela himself)