The power of cities : the Iberian peninsula from late antiquity to the early modern period / edited by Sabine Panzram.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Panzram, Sabine, editor.

Series:

The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World; volume70.

The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World; volume70

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Spain--History.

Cities and towns.

Cities and towns--Growth.

Urban archaeology--Iberian Peninsula.

Urban archaeology.

Spain--Buildings, structures, etc--History.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2019.

Summary:

The Power of Cities focuses on Iberian cities during the lengthy transition from the late Roman to the early modern period, with a particular interest in the change from early Christianity to the Islamic period, and on to the restoration of Christianity. Drawing on case studies from cities such as Toledo, Cordoba, and Seville, it collects for the first time recent research in urban studies using both archaeological and historical sources. Against the common portrayal of these cities characterized by discontinuities due to decadence, decline and invasions, it is instead continuity – that is, a gradual transformation – which emerges as the defining characteristic. The volume argues for a fresh interpretation of Iberian cities across this period, seen as a continuum of structural changes across time, and proposes a new history of the Iberian Peninsula, written from the perspective of the cities. Contributors are Javier Arce, María Asenjo González, Antonio Irigoyen López, Alberto León Muñoz, Matthias Maser, Sabine Panzram, Gisela Ripoll, Torsten dos Santos Arnold, Isabel Toral-Niehoff, Fernando Valdés Fernández, and Klaus Weber.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Preface and Acknowledgments

Maps and Figures

Notes on Contributors

Maps

Urban History on the Iberian Peninsula—Current Perspectives / Sabine Panzram

The City in Spania (4th to 7th Centuries)

The Transformation of the City in Hispania between the 4th and the 6th Centuries / Gisela Ripoll

The Late Antique City in Spania—Toledo and Recópolis / Javier Arce

The City in al-Andalus (8th to 11th Centuries)

Ornament of the World: Urban Change in Early Islamic Qurṭuba / Isabel Toral-Niehoff and Alberto León Muñoz

The Impact of the Arab Conquest on the Planning of the Iberian Cities: Toledo inside Walls / Fernando Valdés Fernández

The City in the Territories of the “Reconquista” (11th to 15th Centuries)

Conquered Cities: Continuity and Transformation of Urban Structures in the Castilian “Reconquista” Territories (11th–14th Centuries)—Toledo and Seville / Matthias Maser

The City in the Image/Images of the City: The Lost Tapestry of Valladolid / María Asenjo González

The City in the Hispaniae (15th to 18th Centuries)

Characteristics of Castilian Cities in the 16th and 17th Centuries / Antonio Irigoyen López

Ports to “New Worlds”: Lisbon, Seville, Cádiz (15th–18th Centuries) / Klaus Weber and Torsten dos Santos Arnold

The Power of Cities—Rewriting the History of the Iberian Peninsula / Sabine Panzram

Back Matter

Index of Places, Names and Subjects.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

90-04-39969-0

OCLC:

1108789394

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004399693 DOI