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Título: Paisagem e povoamento: da representação documental à materialidade do espaço no território da diocese de Braga (séculos IX a XI). Ensaio metodológico. Tese de Doutoramento em História Medieval apresentada à Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, Dezembro 2013. Orientação do Professor Doutor Luís Carlos Amaral (U. Porto) e coorientação do Professor Doutor José Ángel García de Cortázar (U. Cantábria)

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The past few decades have witnessed great change in the study of the early Middle Ages in the Northern Iberian Peninsula. Spanish and Portuguese historiographies have moved away from older grand narratives such as 'Reconquest and Repopulation', which traced a centuries-long process encompassing the ultimate victory of Christianity over Islam and the construction of distinct nations or national societies. The basic tenets of these and other essentialist approaches to a period traditionally seen as the cradle of Spain and Portugal have been questioned and now superseded by a clearer awareness of the territorial diversity characterising the 8th to 11th centuries. Yet the ballast of both nationalism and regionalism has obstructed meaningful comparison amongst the Iberian regions to date. Drawing on the work of the research group EarlyMedIberia, this

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