IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1503: Frontiers and Colonialism in Medieval Iberian Societies, I: 8th-13th Centuries
Thursday 8 July 2021, 09.00-10.30
| Organisers: | Jesus Brufal, Departament d'Història, Universitat de Lleida Helena Kirchner, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Helena Kirchner, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Paper 1503-a | Andalousian Towers in the Upper Border of al-Andalus, 8th-11th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - Sites, Islamic and Arabic Studies |
| Paper 1503-b | The Study of a Medieval Colonisation: Occitan People in Tortosa, Catalonia after the Christian Conquest, 1148-1213 (Language: English) Index terms: Demography, Genealogy and Prosopography, Social History |
| Paper 1503-c | Colonialism in the Borders of the Crown of Aragon: Delimitation and Organisation of the Land of Morella in the 13th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Rural, Social History |
| Abstract | This is the first of a two session series aiming to discuss the social organisation of Andalusi and Christian frontier societies in Medieval Iberia. Among others, issues concerning agricultural landscapes and productions, the military aspects of the conquest and colonisation, and the settlement of new colonisers in the conquered territories will be discussed using both documentary and archaeological evidence. In this specific panel the organisation of the frontier of Al-Andalus will be the main concern. The chronological framework between the 8th and the 13th centuries embraces the Muslim conquest and the role of cities and fortresses in the frontier organisation until the Christian conquest in the late 13th century. Finally, the impact of the Christian conquest will be also considered. |