IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 1524: Castles and Cities: Relationships on the Landscape
Thursday 12 July 2007, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Asociación de Estudios Medievales Asseconia |
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| Organiser: | José Carlos Sánchez Pardo, Departamento de Historia Medieval e Moderna, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |
| Moderator/Chair: | José Anido, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |
| Paper 1524-a | The Network of Fortifications in North-Eastern Italy during Late Antiquity (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Economics - Trade, Military History |
| Paper 1524-b | Fortresses and Cities in the Settlement Patterns of Medieval Galicia (Language: Español) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Geography and Settlement Studies, Military History |
| Paper 1524-c | The City of Santiago de Compostela and the Archbishop's Castles (Language: Español) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Economics - Trade, Geography and Settlement Studies, Military History |
| Abstract | In the Middle Age, the cities and the castles are two of the most important places for the social life. Their relationships configure the landscape in the countryside: the king and the laical or ecclesiastical aristocracy make these a symbol of their power. The roads and the villages are determinated by the towns and the fortresses; indeed the pattern of sitting the fortified places and the growing of the urban centres are related to each other. So the study of their environments and contexts may be a great indicator about the social, economical, and military life of a population. |