Constructing Territoriality “From Below”: Collective Action, Micropolitics, and Landscape in the Duero Plateau (Tenth-Eleventh centuries)

Martín Viso, Iñaki (2024) Constructing Territoriality “From Below”: Collective Action, Micropolitics, and Landscape in the Duero Plateau (Tenth-Eleventh centuries). 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. 57-79. ISBN 979-12-215-0530-6

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Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyse patterns of territoriality constructed “from below”, based on evidence drawn from a wide range of territories, which were held together by the presence of local initiatives instead of being linked automatically to the central-authority organisation. As this situation was typical of the Duero Plateau, three case studies have been chosen (Ausín, Valdesaz, and Palenzuela). An analysis of these cases shows that the territories were shaped around collective action and focused on common goals, mutual defence practices, and the selection of complementary riverside and mountain landscapes. These arenas of local micropolitics were integrated into the encompassing powers, breaking with the early medieval idea of “deterritorialisation”.

Tipologia del documento:	Capitolo di libro
Informazioni aggiuntive:	This work has been carried out within Project PID2020-112506GB-C42, funded by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación.
Parole chiave:	Tenth-Eleventh centuries, Iberian Peninsula, territory, collective action, landscape, micropolitics
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 08:16
Ultima modifica:	09 Ago 2025 08:16
URI:	http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/7190

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