The power of cities : : the Iberian peninsula from late antiquity to the early modern period / / edited by Sabine Panzram.

The Power of Cities focuses on Iberian cities during the lengthy transition from the late Roman to the early modern period, with a particular interest in the change from early Christianity to the Islamic period, and on to the restoration of Christianity. Drawing on case studies from cities such as T...

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Superior document:The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World; volume70
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World; volume70.
Physical Description:1 online resource (407 pages).
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Maps and Figures
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Maps
  • Urban History on the Iberian Peninsula—Current Perspectives / Sabine Panzram
  • The City in Spania (4th to 7th Centuries)
  • The Transformation of the City in Hispania between the 4th and the 6th Centuries / Gisela Ripoll
  • The Late Antique City in Spania—Toledo and Recópolis / Javier Arce
  • The City in al-Andalus (8th to 11th Centuries)
  • Ornament of the World: Urban Change in Early Islamic Qurṭuba / Isabel Toral-Niehoff and Alberto León Muñoz
  • The Impact of the Arab Conquest on the Planning of the Iberian Cities: Toledo inside Walls / Fernando Valdés Fernández
  • The City in the Territories of the “Reconquista” (11th to 15th Centuries)
  • Conquered Cities: Continuity and Transformation of Urban Structures in the Castilian “Reconquista” Territories (11th–14th Centuries)—Toledo and Seville / Matthias Maser
  • The City in the Image/Images of the City: The Lost Tapestry of Valladolid / María Asenjo González
  • The City in the Hispaniae (15th to 18th Centuries)
  • Characteristics of Castilian Cities in the 16th and 17th Centuries / Antonio Irigoyen López
  • Ports to “New Worlds”: Lisbon, Seville, Cádiz (15th–18th Centuries) / Klaus Weber and Torsten dos Santos Arnold
  • The Power of Cities—Rewriting the History of the Iberian Peninsula / Sabine Panzram
  • Back Matter
  • Index of Places, Names and Subjects.