Robert Portass

The Village World of Early Medieval Northern Spain (eBook, PDF)

Local Community and the Land Market

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Produktbeschreibung

The pattern of rural life in early medieval Spain is here vividly brought to life through careful examination of contemporary documents.

In the early eighth century, the Muslim general Tariq ibn Ziyad led his forces across the Straits of Gibraltar and conquered most of the Iberian Peninsula. However, alongside the flourishing kingdom of al-Andalus, the small Christian realm of Asturias-León endured in the northern mountains. This book charts the social, economic and political development of Asturias-León from the Islamic conquest to 1031. Using a forensic comparative method, which examinesthe abundant charter material from two regions of northern Spain - the Liébana valley in Cantabria, and the Celanova region of southern Galicia - it sheds new light on village society, the workings of government, and the constantswirl of buying, selling and donating that marked the rhythms of daily life. It also maps the contact points between rulers and ruled, offering new insights on the motivations and actions of both peasant proprietors and aristocrats.

Robert Portass is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Lincoln.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wits University Press
• Seitenzahl: 239
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781787440036
• Artikelnr.: 56248813

Autorenporträt

Robert Portass

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The making of medieval Iberia
711-1031 Cantabria after Rome Local society in the ninth century The emergence of a village elite Kings
counts and courts Galicia after Rome Before Celanova Rosendo
Celanova and the village world
936-1031 Magnates
monasteries and the public framework Conclusion Bibliography