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Power and rural landscapes in early medieval Galicia (400-900 ad ): towards a re-incorporation of the archaeology into the historical narrative

Sánchez Pardo, JC; (2013) Power and rural landscapes in early medieval Galicia (400-900 ad ): towards a re-incorporation of the archaeology into the historical narrative. Early Medieval Europe , 21 (2) 140 - 168. 10.1111/emed.12013. Green open access

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Abstract

This paper aims to bring together hitherto neglected archaeological data about the early medieval landscapes of Galicia (north-west Spain), in order to understand the social transformations this ‘peripheral’ region underwent between the fifth and the ninth centuries and to frame them in the context of wider European debates. Despite its many limitations, the archaeology reveals that until the middle of the seventh century, the late antique society of Gallaecia experienced a previously unsuspected vitality. At this point a socio-political fragmentation occurred, which was characterized by the strengthening of local power, until a further change took place with the progressive incorporation of Galicia into the Asturian kingdom in the ninth century.

Type: Article
Title: Power and rural landscapes in early medieval Galicia (400-900 ad ): towards a re-incorporation of the archaeology into the historical narrative
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/emed.12013
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/emed.12013
Language: English
Additional information: © 2013 The Author. Early Medieval Europe published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1469786
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