Under the Shadow of a Central Place: Defining the Landscape with Fortified Places and Their Memory in the Written Sources of the Kingdom of León

Justo Sánchez, Daniel (2024) Under the Shadow of a Central Place: Defining the Landscape with Fortified Places and Their Memory in the Written Sources of the Kingdom of León. 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. 199-223. ISBN 979-12-215-0530-6

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Abstract

Castles usually appear in the Kingdom of León’s written sources during the medieval period. The tenth and eleventh centuries show an increase in those mentions, including some that helped scribes describe the landscape and territory. This study analyses the different terminology that represented fortifications, and their use as spatial markers to situate other settlements, lands, or relevant sites. Further, it considers some fortifications that appear to have been abandoned when the documents were written as a useful tool to enhance the relationship between local territories and memory.

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 and working as a postdoctoral researcher in the ERC Project PeopleAndWriting (ID 850604).
Parole chiave:	Tenth-Eleventh Century, kingdom of León, fortifications, landscape, territory, memory
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 11:58
Ultima modifica:	09 Ago 2025 12:29
URI:	http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/7196

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