URBAN LIFE IN AL-ANDALUS AND ITS ROLE IN SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND THE STRUCTURE OF SETTLEMENT.

Autor: CUELLO, ANTONIO MALPICA
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Zdroj: Imago Temporis. Medium Aevum; 2010, Vol. 4, p25-49, 25p
Abstrakt: In forming an analysis of society in al-Andalus, one is obliged to establish an understanding of the patterns of settlement which are based on the very configuration of Andalusian social formation. Two forces are established: the State and the rural communities. The point of contact between the two, although unequal, is the city. It is necessary to address these two elements in relation to the genesis and evolution of Andalusian society in order to explain how the city came to be through these powers that needed its presence both to organize the territories and control surplus production of a rich agricultural system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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