The Power of Cities : The Iberian Peninsula from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period.

Intro -- The Power of Cities: The Iberian Peninsula from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Maps and Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Maps -- Urban History on the Iberian Peninsula-Current Perspectives -- Part 1: The City in Spania (4th to 7th Centuries) -- 1 The Transformation of the City in Hispania between the 4th and the 6th Centuries -- 2 The Late Antique City in Spania-Toledo and Recópolis -- Part 2: The City in al-Andalus (8th to 11th Centuries) -- 3 Ornament of the World: Urban Change in Early Islamic Qurṭuba -- 4 The Impact of the Arab Conquest on the Planning of the Iberian Cities: Toledo inside Walls -- Part 3: The City in the Territories of the "Reconquista" (11th to 15th Centuries) -- 5 Conquered Cities: Continuity and Transformation of Urban Structures in the Castilian "Reconquista" Territories (11th-14th Centuries)-Toledo and Seville -- 6 The City in the Image/Images of the City: The Lost Tapestry of Valladolid -- Part 4: The City in the Hispaniae (15th to 18th Centuries) -- 7 Characteristics of Castilian Cities in the 16th and 17th Centuries -- 8 Ports to "New Worlds": Lisbon, Seville, Cádiz (15th-18th Centuries) -- The Power of Cities-Rewriting the History of the Iberian Peninsula -- Index of Places, Names and Subjects.

The Power of Cities is an interdisciplinary, cultural-comparative volume on Iberian urban studies. It is the first attempt to bring together recent research on the transformation of Iberian cities from Late Antiquity to the 18th century combining archaeological and historical sources.

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