Changes and survival: the territory of Lleida (Catalonia) after the twelfth-century conquest

The city of Lleida and its surrounding territory were conquered by the counts of Barcelona and Urgell in late 1149, ending over four centuries of Muslim rule. This territory formed the western frontier of Catalonia with Aragon and Lleida, and would be one of the major cities of what was known as ‘Ne...

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Published inJournal of medieval history Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 313 - 329
Main Author BOLOS, Jordi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2001
Taylor & Francis Group
Elsevier
Subjects
Catalonia
Ethnology
Historical source materials
History
Muslim
Reconquista
Rural economy
Sources and methods
Spain
Urban development
Century 12
Middle Ages
Cataluña
Spain
Western Europe
Catalonia
Urban development
Rural economy
Reconquista
Muslim
Spain
Settlement
Christian
Transfer of population
Agriculture
Habitat
Irrigation system
Fortification
Feudalism
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Summary:The city of Lleida and its surrounding territory were conquered by the counts of Barcelona and Urgell in late 1149, ending over four centuries of Muslim rule. This territory formed the western frontier of Catalonia with Aragon and Lleida, and would be one of the major cities of what was known as ‘New Catalonia’, the lands conquered to the south and west of the Carolingian ‘Spanish March’ during the twelfth century. The article describes how patterns of settlement, agriculture and fortification changed after the conquest to conform to the needs of a feudal society. It describes continuities such as the importance of irrigation canals, as well as the reorganisation of the population with Christian settlement and transfers and expulsions of the Islamic population and a greater concentration of the population into fortified spaces.
ISSN:0304-4181
1873-1279
DOI:10.1016/S0304-4181(01)00017-3