Micropolitics and territoriality in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula between the tenth and twelfth centuries. A framework of identities, exploitation and control.
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https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-2214/12418Keywords:
Middle Ages, 10th-12th Centuries, northwestern Iberia, Territoriality, micropolitics, identity, Local communities, Commons, conflict, collective defenceAbstract
This article analyses the territorialization of micropolitics in north-western Iberia between the 10th and 12th centuries, based on diplomatic sources. It focuses on the political agency of local communities: boundary-making, collective identity, commons management, collective defense, and military obligations. Subaltern groups are examined in dialogue with authorities aiming to control and legitimize these practices. Local communities emerge as key actors in shaping the political landscape, in a perspective that fits within a broader comparative European framework.
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