Wars in 12th century Catalonia. Aristocracy and political leadership
dc.contributor.author | Bonet Donato, Maria | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-29T07:57:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-04-29T07:57:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.description.abstract | Feudal wars and wars of conquest were characteristic conflicts in Catalonia in the 12th century and led to a consolidation of the aristocratic military and political leaders. Among these, the highest power was the count or the king, who extended his domination and led the process of expansion through such novel formulae as pacification, the formation of armies and pacts with foreign leaders. The counts and the king used military agents from outside the regional aristocratic interests, implemented new military policies and found ideological or legislative resources to support their pre-eminence in military deployment. The rise of the cities, the towns and the defence or occupation of the conquered frontiers contributed to the reformulation of the military system, which broke the almost exclusive hold of the noble families on military activity. However, the members of the latter ruled and fought in regional settings, focussing their military activity on the defending and acquiring patrimony, as well as on establishing their jurisdiction. The concepts of heritagisation, dominating and fighting were assimilated into a single reality, and even became interchangeable. Meanwhile, conquests guided by providence placed the “inevitability” of the conquest, acquisition or “liberation” of al-Andalus on another plane. | ca_ES |
dc.description.abstract | Las guerras feudales y de conquista caracterizaron los desarrollos bélicos catalanes del siglo XII y comportaron la consolidación de los distintos líderes militares y políticos aristocráticos. Entre ellos, se impuso el poder condal o del rey, que amplió su dominación y consumó el proceso expansionista mediante fórmulas novedosas como fueron la pacificación, la formación de ejércitos y los pactos con dirigentes foráneos. Los condes y el rey implicaron a agentes militares ajenos a los intereses aristocráticos regionales, implementaron nuevas políticas militares y encontraron recursos ideoló- gicos o legislativos en pro de su preeminencia en el despliegue militar. El auge de las ciudades, las villas y la defensa o ocupación de las fronteras conquistadas contribuyeron a la reformulación del sistema militar, que resquebrajó la casi exclusividad de las familias nobiliarias en la actividad militar. Sin embargo, sus miembros señorearon y guerrearon en los ámbitos regionales, centrando su actividad bélica en torno a la defensa y adquisición de patrimonio, así como en la fijación de su jurisdicción. Patrimonializar, dominar y guerrear fueron conceptos asimilados a una misma realidad, que incluso eran intercambiables. Entre tanto, las conquistas guiadas por la providencia situaron en otro plano la “inevitabilidad” de la conquista, adquisición o “liberación” de al-Ándalus. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | This study has been carried out thanks to the research project ’HAR 2009-13225’ from the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Government of Spain | ca_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.21001/itma.2015.9.07 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1888-3931 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/56911 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | ca_ES |
dc.publisher | Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida | ca_ES |
dc.relation | MICINN/PN2008-2011/HAR2009-13225 | ca_ES |
dc.relation.isformatof | Reproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.21001/itma.2015.9.07 | ca_ES |
dc.relation.ispartof | Imago temporis: medium Aevum, 2015, núm. 9, p. 163-189 | ca_ES |
dc.rights | cc-by-nc-nd (c) Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2015 | ca_ES |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | ca_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Warfare | ca_ES |
dc.subject | Medieval Catalonia | ca_ES |
dc.subject | aristocracy | ca_ES |
dc.subject | military leadership | ca_ES |
dc.title | Wars in 12th century Catalonia. Aristocracy and political leadership | ca_ES |
dc.title.alternative | Las guerras en la Cataluña del siglo XII. Aristocracia y liderazgo político | |
dc.type | article | ca_ES |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion | ca_ES |
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