Martín Viso, Iñaki (2024) A blurred frontier: the territories between the kingdom of Asturias and al-Andalus (eighth and ninth centuries). In: Carolingian Frontiers: Italy and Beyond. Reti Medievali E-Book (48). Firenze University Press, Firenze, pp. 61-77. ISBN 979-12-215-0416-3
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Abstract
The Islamic conquest of the kingdom of Toledo brought about the disappearance of central authority in certain regions of the Iberian Peninsula. This is what happened on the Duero Plateau, which, between the eighth century and the mid-ninth century, was an area bereft of any type of complex political structure. The paper provides an analysis of certain elements of political organization during that period, defined by fragmentation and the existence of numerous smallsized territories that were associated with the management of common lands. It was in an area on the fringes of Asturians and Andalusians that a blurred frontier was drawn, where some influences of al-Andalus can be identified. After the second half of the ninth century, the kingdom of the Asturias spread across these territories at the same time as the county of Castile became consolidated. This increase in complexity created formerly non-existent struggles against the Muslims, and gave rise to a new frontier, although the areas south of the Duero generally remained outside the scope of Asturian, Castilian and Andalusian authority.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Additional Information: | This work was part of the Research Project "Los escenarios de las micropolíticas: acción colectiva, sociedades locales, poderes englobantes (siglos VI–XII)" (Ref. PID2020-112506GB-C42) supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Middle Ages, 8th-9th centuries, Iberian Peninsula, Duero Plateau, al-Andalus, Asturias, frontier |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History |
| Depositing User: | dr Vincenzo De Luise |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2025 02:47 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Aug 2025 03:03 |
| URI: | http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/7169 |
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