La ville entre deux cultures. Valence et son urbanisme entre Islam et féodalité

Furió, Antoni; Marsilla, Juan Vicente García

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“…A Muslim couple could live alongside cousins and grandfathers in the same dwelling, but in separate spaces, sharing some of them. 34 When the houses were granted to Christian conquerors, these adapted the buildings to the needs of nuclear families by dividing them up. In many cases this was done by breaking up the domestic space, keeping a part of it, and then selling off the rest as a separate building.…”

Section: Dwellings Without Rooms? (1280s-1370s)mentioning

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The Transformation of Private Space in the Later Middle Ages: Rooms and Living Standards in the Kingdom of Valencia (1280-1450)

Fernández

González

2020

Journal of Urban History

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This article undertakes a quantitative and qualitative analysis of probate inventories from a selection of towns and highly urbanized areas from the kingdom of Valencia in the period 1280-1460, which are used to explore the inner distribution of more than 300 housings. Agreeing with the historiographical statement that this period was one of general improvement as to living standards and housing, this article reveals Valencian dwellings were provided with more specialized rooms since the late fourteenth century. This phenomenon was present particularly in the residences of townspeople living in large urban centers. Despite the predominant spatial simplicity of most late medieval housings, this article suggests more people enjoyed a more complex private space, which agreed with the needs of ostentation and privacy that characterized the new domestic culture that developed in the period.

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Section: Dwellings Without Rooms? (1280s-1370s)mentioning

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The Transformation of Private Space in the Later Middle Ages: Rooms and Living Standards in the Kingdom of Valencia (1280-1450)

Fernández

González

2020

Journal of Urban History

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“…After the fire in the Market Square, the municipal government launched itself into restructuring the area, creating new streets, aligning the existing ones and trying to introduce the ideals of western Christian urban planning to the city as they had been expounded some decades earlier by Francesc Eiximenis. 68 This famous Franciscan writer came from Girona and was established in Valencia from 1382 to 1408, where his theories determined much of the municipal politics. He even wrote a book about urban government, the Regiment de la cosa pública, that local councillors ordered to have always chained to their desk.…”

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The great fire of medieval Valencia (1447)

Ferragud

Marsilla

2015

Urban History

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ABSTRACT:In March 1447, a great fire broke out in Valencia, caused by a former member of the municipal government. This fire destroyed many houses and craft workshops around the Market Square, the economic centre of the city. The municipal government had to compensate the citizens, who had lost everything, and restore everyday life in the area. A versatile Italian watchmaker living in Valencia was chosen to supervise the rehabilitation of the area. Under his direction, the debris was removed. Then after a conscious campaign of urban planning aimed at eliminating any traces of the old Islamic city, the streets were reconstructed according to the norms of the western city.

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La ville entre deux cultures. Valence et son urbanisme entre Islam et féodalité

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The Transformation of Private Space in the Later Middle Ages: Rooms and Living Standards in the Kingdom of Valencia (1280-1450)

The Transformation of Private Space in the Later Middle Ages: Rooms and Living Standards in the Kingdom of Valencia (1280-1450)

The great fire of medieval Valencia (1447)

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