The Power of Cities

The Iberian Peninsula from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-39968-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 70, 382 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 839 g

Reihe: The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Panzram, Sabine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte Europäische Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgments

List of Maps and Figures

Notes on Contributors

Maps

1 Introduction: Urban History on the Iberian Peninsula—Current Perspectives

Sabine Panzram

Part 1: The City in Spania (4th to 7th Centuries)

2 The Transformation of the City in Hispania between the 4th and the 6th Centuries

Gisela Ripoll

3 The Late Antique City in Spania—Toledo and Recópolis

Javier Arce

Part 2: The City in al-Andalus (8th to 11th Centuries)

4 Ornament of the World: Urban Change in Early Islamic Qurtuba

Isabel Toral-Niehoff and Alberto León Muñoz

5 The Impact of the Arab Conquest on the Planning of the Iberian Cities: Toledo inside Walls

Fernando Valdés Fernández

Part 3: The City in the Territories of the “Reconquista” (11th to 15th Centuries)

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

Matthias Maser

7 The City in the Image/Images of the City: The Lost Tapestry of Valladolid

María Asenjo González

Part 4: The City in the Hispaniae (15th to 18th Centuries)

8 Characteristics of Castilian Cities in the 16th and 17th Centuries

Antonio Irigoyen López

9 Ports to “New Worlds”: Lisbon, Seville, Cádiz (15th–18th Centuries)

Klaus Weber and Torsten dos Santos Arnold

10 Epilogue: The Power of Cities—Rewriting the History of the Iberian Peninsula

Sabine Panzram

Indices

Über Autor(innen)

Sabine Panzram, Ph.D. (2001), Münster University, is Professor of Ancient History at Hamburg University. She focuses in particular on social and urban history on the Iberian Peninsula. Her recent publications include: Entre civitas y madina. El mundo de las ciudades en la Península Ibérica y en el norte de África (siglos IV-IX) (Casa de Velázquez, 2018).