Commons and the construction of power in the early Middle Ages: tenth-century León and Castile

Viso, Iñaki Martín

doi:10.1080/03044181.2020.1784777

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“…Sernas are usually mentioned as belonging to elites, including kings, but two different levels of ownership can be inferred from the written evidence: local households owning subplots linked to neighbourhood use rights, and a higher order of ownership overseen by elites intended to protect the community against unwanted interference (e.g. from external agents) in return for an income and patronage rights (Martín Viso 2020).…”

Section: Villages and Agroscapes In Northern Iberia: Tobillasmentioning

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What is a village? Agroscapes, collective action and medieval villages in northern Iberia

Castillo,

Narbarte,

Iriarte

2023

Antiquity

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Why, how and when villages emerged across medieval Europe are enduring questions for archaeologists and historians because of the wider social and economic transformations implied—and because many of these settlements persist to the present day. Most archaeological investigations have focused on the nucleated centres of these communities; here, instead, the authors examine the role of agroscapes. Focusing on an agricultural area near the village of Tobillas, changes in soil chemistry are used to document the creation and maintenance of common fields attesting to collective agrarian practice pre-dating the foundation of the medieval village. Reversing the accepted narrative, the authors argue it was these pre-existing agrarian communities who coalesced to constitute villages such as Tobillas.

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Section: Villages and Agroscapes In Northern Iberia: Tobillasmentioning

confidence: 99%

What is a village? Agroscapes, collective action and medieval villages in northern Iberia

Castillo,

Narbarte,

Iriarte

2023

Antiquity

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“…Disputes over lands granted by the king are rare, which suggests that in most contexts such claims went unchallenged, or else that the challenges posed did not reach the level of the extant record. This could be either because the lands had long been under the control of the rulers, or else because they had successfully managed to appropriate them or build some form of superior ownership over them – as in the case of the commons on which kings claimed ultimate ownership, even if direct management remained in local hands (Martín Viso, 2019, 2020). There are, nonetheless, land disputes in which royal authority, and more specifically royal grants when they existed or could be manufactured, were wielded as a means to support a land claim, and in which this was the basis upon which the conflict was settled (Tejerizo‐García & Carvajal Castro, 2021).…”

Section: Royal Power the Appropriation Of Land And Early Medieval Statesmentioning

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The Early Medieval State: A Strategic‐Relational Approach

Castro

García

2022

J Historical Sociology

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The state is a contested concept in the historiography on early medieval societies. Debates have frequently revolved around its heuristic validity, but few scholars have addressed its broader theoretical implications. Those who have tend to reduce the state to its institutional features and privilege the role of the dominant groups in the analysis of state-building processes and the workings of the state. This paper contends that a richer conceptualisation of the state can overcome the limits of the debate as it has been framed so far and provide a deeper insight into how social relations shaped and were shaped by the development of early medieval polities. After reviewing the most significant historiographical contributions to the debate, the paper introduces the Strategic-Relational Approach to the state, as formulated by B. Jessop, as one that can provide a more nuanced understanding of early medieval polities. Particular emphasis is made on the analysis of class relationships and the articulation of hegemonic projects as two particularly fruitful lines of inquiry. Finally, the paper focuses on one particular instance of early medieval political practice, the politics of the land, as a means to illustrate the potential of the approach.

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“…Finally, in the case of the Castile and Lion region (Spain), in 2009 its regional government approved the Regional Strategy against Climate Change [23], which develops regional policies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions during this period. Castile and Lion (Figure 1), with an area of more than 90,000 km 2 [24], is the largest region in Spain, even larger than several states which are members of the EU, including Belgium and Portugal. On the other hand, Castile and Lion is one of the regions in the world with the most World Heritage Sites (WHS) declared by UNESCO, with 8 sites: Burgos Cathedral, old town of Segovia and its aqueduct, old town of Ávila with its extra-muros churches, old city of Salamanca, San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries (Burgos), the Médulas (León), archaeological site of Atapuerca (Burgos) and prehistoric rock art sites in Siega Verde (Salamanca) [25].…”

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Energy Consumption of the Urban Transport Fleet in UNESCO World Heritage Sites: A Case Study of Ávila (Spain)

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Emission reduction and energy efficiency are fundamental objectives for the sustainability of the urban transport (UT) sector. One of the actions to achieve these objectives is to replace the vehicles that make up the fleet of UT buses with more efficient ones, equipped with regenerative braking systems that allow the recovery of part of the energy used in travel. However, sometimes the total replacement of the fleet of UT buses is not feasible and only a partial replacement of the fleet is possible. The present study proposes a mathematical model of easy application to compare different UT routes and to locate the greatest improvement niches. The contributions of the proposed model focus on several aspects: (i) optimizing economic resources; (ii) allocating the most efficient equipment where energy consumption can be most optimized; and (iii) simplifying the task of optimizing passenger transport routes. Thanks to the proposed model, the 6 UT lines of the city of Ávila can be classified in order to maximize efficiency in a possible partial renewal of the fleet.

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Commons and the construction of power in the early Middle Ages: tenth-century León and Castile

Cited by 13 publications

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What is a village? Agroscapes, collective action and medieval villages in northern Iberia

What is a village? Agroscapes, collective action and medieval villages in northern Iberia

The Early Medieval State: A Strategic‐Relational Approach

Energy Consumption of the Urban Transport Fleet in UNESCO World Heritage Sites: A Case Study of Ávila (Spain)

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