The historic landscape of Catalonia : landscape history of a Mediterranean country in the Middle Ages

1. Verfasser: Bolòs i Masclans, Jordi
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2023]
Umfang/Format: 469 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Medieval countryside v. 23.
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction
  • Houses Become a Village: The Villages of the Pyrenees
  • Churches, Monasteries, and Villages: In Each Village a Church
  • Castles and Castral Villages: The incastellamento of the Landscape
  • New Towns and Complex Settlements
  • Hamlets and Farmsteads: The Dispersal of the Population
  • The Medieval Towns and Cities: The Other Side of the Medieval Landscape
  • Cultivated Land: The Relevance of Pre-Medieval Past
  • Coombs, Terraces, Concentric Forms, and Land Strips
  • Irrigated Land, Rivers, and Lakes
  • The Importance of Mills, Iron, and Salt
  • Woodland and Pastureland: Changes in Vegetation and Environment
  • Roads and Pathways, the Network that Organizes the Landscape
  • Boundaries and Territories: A Country Full of Old Borders
  • The Importance of Toponymy
  • Mapping the Historical Landscape
  • Conclusion: Studying Historic Landscapes Bridges Gaps Between the Past and the Present
  • Glossary.