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Book SynopsisFrom Al-Andalus to the Americas (13th-17th Centuries). Destruction and Construcion of Societies offers a multi-perspective view of the filiation of different colonial and settler colonial experiences, from the Medieval Iberian Peninsula to the early Modern Americas. All the articles in the volume refer the reader to colonial orders that extended over time, that substantially reduced indigenous populations, that imposed new productive strategies and created new social hierarchies. The ideological background and how conquests were organised; the treatment given to the conquered lands and people; the political organisations, and the old and new agricultural systems are issues discussed in this volume. Contributors are David Abulafia, Manuel Ardit, Antonio Espino, Adela Fábregas, Josep M. Fradera, Enric Guinot, Helena Kirchner, Antonio Malpica, Virgilio Martínez-Enamorado, Carmen Mena, António Mendes, Félix Retamero, Inge Schjellerup, Josep Torró, and Antoni Virgili.
Trade Review''El presente libro ofrece una colección de catorce colaboraciones de valor desigual tanto en la calidad como en el enfoque''. Juan Francisco Maura in Bulletin of Spanish Studies 106,4 (2019).
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables List of Contributors One Conquest, Two Worlds: An Introduction Félix Retamero and Josep Torró Part 1: The Organisation of the Conquests: Political, Military and Financial Aspects 1 Partners-in-arms. Medieval Military Associations:From the Iberian cabalgada to the American entrada Josep Torró 2 Council and Urban Militias in the Crown of Aragon during the 13th Century:From Conquering Militias to Monetary Exemptions Enric Guinot 3 War and Booty as Incentives for Emigration:Tortosa and al-Andalus (12th–13th Centuries) Antoni Virgili 4 Medieval Factors in the Conquest of America:Organisation and War Practices in the Incursions into Darién Carmen Mena García 5 On the Use of Terror, Cruelty and Violence in the Spanish Conquest of the Americas:Some Thoughts Antonio Espino-López Part 2: The Agrarian Organisation of the New Colonial Societies 6 Feudal Conquest and Colonisation:An Archaeological Insight into the Transformation of Andalusi Irrigated Spaces in the Balearic Islands Helena Kirchner 7 The Agrarian Model of Valencian Moriscos Manuel Ardit Lucas† 8 Iberian Colonisations and Water Distribution Systems (15th–16th c.):A Comparative Approach Félix Retamero and Virgilio Martínez-Enamorado 9 Commercial Crop or Plantation System?:Sugar Cane Production from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Adela Fábregas-García 10 Early Colonial Utilization and Management in Peru Inge Schjellerup Part 3: The Political Organisation of the New Colonial Societies. The Management of the Conquered Populations and Lands 11 Servants, Slaves or Subjects?:Jews, Muslims and Indians as Royal Property David Abulafia 12 The Kingdom of Granada:Between the Culmination of a Process and the Beginning of a New Age Antonio Malpica 13 Portugal, Morocco and Guinea:Reconfiguration of the North Atlantic at the End of the Middle Ages António de Almeida Mendes
