Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-396) and index.
Contents:
The impact of conquest and consolidation on jurisdiction and administration. Competition and collaboration -- Unification and conquest -- Aftermaths : constructing authority on conquered lands -- Repositioning within the lower Ebro Valley -- Lleida and the county of Urgell -- The repercussions of further conquest : Valencia and tenurial conditions in Catalonia -- The impact of conquest and consolidation on jurisdiction and administration.
Summary:
"Examines how Christian forces conquered and painstakingly integrated the Muslim-ruled territory south of Barcelona over the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries to form the remainder of the region known as Catalonia, a process that exerted lasting changes on the practice of governance throughout eastern Iberia"-- Provided by publisher.
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