Recopolis the representation of power in a complex landscape

  1. Lauro Olmo Enciso 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Alcalá
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    Universidad de Alcalá

    Alcalá de Henares, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04pmn0e78

Livre:
The Visigothic kingdom: the negotiation of power in Post-Roman Iberia
  1. Sabine Panzram (ed. lit.)
  2. Paulo Pachá (ed. lit.)

Éditorial: Amsterdam University Press

ISBN: 978-94-6372-063-2,  978 90 4855 106 4

Année de publication: 2020

Pages: 215-233

Type: Chapitre d'ouvrage

DOI: 10.2307/J.CTV1C5CS6Z.15 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Résumé

The foundation of the city of Recopolis on the initiative of King Liuvigild in ad 578 is the clearest material expression of the participation of the Visigothic state in urban development and in the creation of power landscapes. The ex novo construction of the city – city walls, palatial complex, elite houses, commercial and industrial buildings, hierarchical organization of space – and its impact on the wider territory, with the reorganization and renovation of the road network and creation of new rural settlements, was a clear demonstration of political prowess and an expression of the tax-collecting power of the state. Contextualizing these features within the broader landscape helps in understanding the spatial and social inequality that characterized the beginning of the early medieval period.

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