Chapter Prácticas sociales y ejercicio del poder en las localidades. Las residencias de las élites rurales en la Castilla altomedieval

The goal of this paper is to discuss the social and political role of early medieval high-status settlements in the framework of landscapes of power. The identification of elite residence is one of the major challenges of early medieval archaeology because there is a profound asymmetry between the r...

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description The goal of this paper is to discuss the social and political role of early medieval high-status settlements in the framework of landscapes of power. The identification of elite residence is one of the major challenges of early medieval archaeology because there is a profound asymmetry between the relevance and the density of aristocracies in the written record and the elusive and problematic definition of high-status settlement in material terms. European comparative analysis has shown that relationship between social status and the morphology of domestic spaces is not straightforward. In this paper it is argued that a social practice approach, aimed at exploring what has been done rather than how they might look like, would provide new insights to the understanding of this topic. Considering some case studies of early medieval Castile it is suggested that legitimation practices deployed at local and supralocal scale have determined the nature and the role of elite residences. In addition, it is explored how aristocracy identity have shaped high-status sites and the limits of the normative definition of these sites.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1506572025-07-21T15:44:17Z Chapter Prácticas sociales y ejercicio del poder en las localidades. Las residencias de las élites rurales en la Castilla altomedieval Quirós Castillo, Juan Antonio Middle Ages 6th-10th centuries Castile micropolitics fortifications high status sites social display performances thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history The goal of this paper is to discuss the social and political role of early medieval high-status settlements in the framework of landscapes of power. The identification of elite residence is one of the major challenges of early medieval archaeology because there is a profound asymmetry between the relevance and the density of aristocracies in the written record and the elusive and problematic definition of high-status settlement in material terms. European comparative analysis has shown that relationship between social status and the morphology of domestic spaces is not straightforward. In this paper it is argued that a social practice approach, aimed at exploring what has been done rather than how they might look like, would provide new insights to the understanding of this topic. Considering some case studies of early medieval Castile it is suggested that legitimation practices deployed at local and supralocal scale have determined the nature and the role of elite residences. In addition, it is explored how aristocracy identity have shaped high-status sites and the limits of the normative definition of these sites. 2025-01-29T07:45:34Z 2025-01-29T07:45:34Z 2024-12-20T12:53:48Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20241220_9791221505306_617 2704-6079 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/96825 9791221505306 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/150657 spa Reti Medievali E-Book open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/96825/1/43181.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0530-6.04 10.36253/979-12-215-0530-6.04 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221505306 24 Florence open access
spellingShingle Middle Ages
6th-10th centuries
Castile
micropolitics
fortifications
high status sites
social display
performances
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history
Quirós Castillo, Juan Antonio
Chapter Prácticas sociales y ejercicio del poder en las localidades. Las residencias de las élites rurales en la Castilla altomedieval
title Chapter Prácticas sociales y ejercicio del poder en las localidades. Las residencias de las élites rurales en la Castilla altomedieval
title_full Chapter Prácticas sociales y ejercicio del poder en las localidades. Las residencias de las élites rurales en la Castilla altomedieval
title_fullStr Chapter Prácticas sociales y ejercicio del poder en las localidades. Las residencias de las élites rurales en la Castilla altomedieval
title_full_unstemmed Chapter Prácticas sociales y ejercicio del poder en las localidades. Las residencias de las élites rurales en la Castilla altomedieval
title_short Chapter Prácticas sociales y ejercicio del poder en las localidades. Las residencias de las élites rurales en la Castilla altomedieval
title_sort chapter practicas sociales y ejercicio del poder en las localidades las residencias de las elites rurales en la castilla altomedieval
topic Middle Ages
6th-10th centuries
Castile
micropolitics
fortifications
high status sites
social display
performances
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history
topic_facet Middle Ages
6th-10th centuries
Castile
micropolitics
fortifications
high status sites
social display
performances
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history
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