Political landscapes in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages: the Iberian Northwest in the Context of Southern Europe. Introduction

Martín Viso, Iñaki (2024) Political landscapes in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages: the Iberian Northwest in the Context of Southern Europe. Introduction. In: Political landscapes in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages: the Iberian Northwest in the Context of Southern Europe. Reti Medievali E-Book (49). Firenze University Press, Firenze, pp. 1-6. ISBN 979-12-215-0530-6

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Abstract

This introduction defines the concept of “political landscapes” as the spatialisation of political action through the creation of territories. In the early Middle Ages, elites and states played a lesser role than in the Roman Empire or the Central Middle Ages in the construction of those “political landscapes”. However, social agency of local communities and “micropolitics” increased their centrality and they coexisted with elite initiatives. Finally, the arguments that organise the book are presented: residences, territories, “central places” and churches as places that focused the local arenas.

Tipologia del documento:	Capitolo di libro
Parole chiave:	Early Middle Ages, Politics, Landscape, Micropolitics, South-Western Europe, North-western Iberia
Soggetto:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History D History General and Old World > DP Spain
Depositato da:	dr Vincenzo De Luise
Depositato il:	09 Ago 2025 06:58
Ultima modifica:	09 Ago 2025 06:58
URI:	http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/7187

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