The Village World of Early Medieval Northern Spain by Robert ... - 9780861933440

The Village World of Early Medieval Northern SpainLocal Community and the Land Market\nAuthor(s): Robert Portass\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Royal Historical Society\nISBN-13: 9780861933440, 978-0861933440\nSynopsis\nThe pattern of rural life in early medieval Spain is here vividly brought to life through careful examination of contemporary documents.\n\nIn the early eighth century, the Muslim general Tariq ibn Ziyad led his forces across the Straits of Gibraltar and conquered most of the Iberian Peninsula. However, alongside the flourishing kingdom of al-Andalus, the small Christian realm of Asturias-Len endured in the northern mountains. This book charts the social, economic and political development of Asturias-Len from the Islamic conquest to 1031. Using a forensic comparative method, which examinesthe abundant charter material from two regions of northern Spain - the Libana valley in Cantabria, and the Celanova region of south.