Victory's shadow : conquest and governance in medieval Catalonia /

Examines how Christian forces conquered and painstakingly integrated the Muslim-ruled territory south of Barcelona over the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries to form the remainder of the region known as Catalonia, a process that exerted lasting changes on the practice of governance througho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barton, Thomas W., 1976- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Parias and churches along the eleventh-century frontier
  • Competition and collaboration
  • Unification and conquest
  • Aftermaths : constructing authority on conquered lands
  • Repositioning within the lower Ebro Valley
  • Lleida and the county of Urgell
  • The repercussions of further conquest : Valencia and tenurial conditions in Catalonia
  • The impact of conquest and consolidation on jurisdiction and administration.