Sobre las tierras fronterizas: aproximación a la dinámica bélica y articulación de un sistema defensivo. El caso del Concejo de Jaén.
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2020-07-01
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Jaén: Universidad de Jaén
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La guerra en la Edad Media peninsular se caracteriza por una serie de incursiones, conocidas como cabalgadas, para depredar los recursos del territorio enemigo, y es, en este sentido, donde las fortalezas juegan un gran papel al emplearse estas tácticas para facilitar la toma de los puntos fuertes del territorio. Es por ello que el Concejo de Jaén actúa como paradigma mostrado, no solo en la conflictividad fronteriza mantenida con el Reino Nazarí de Granada, sino también en los conflictos nobiliarios de Castilla en la segunda mitad del siglo XV. En este trabajo se aborda una primera aproximación para ver de qué manera se articula el dicho sistema defensivo del territorio concejil, durante los siglos de la Baja Edad Media, teniendo en cuenta fuentes de información escritas, y siempre atendiendo la materialidad de las estructuras que componen el dicho control para la defensa del territorio, fundamentalmente, castillos y torres.
Warfare in the peninsular Middle Age is characterized by a series of incursions, known as “cabalgadas”, to depredate the resources of the enemy territory, and it is, in this sense, where fortresses play a great role as these tactics are used to facilitate the taking of the territory's strong points. That is why the Council of Jaen acts as a paradigm shown, not only in the border conflict with the Nazari Kingdom of Granada, but also in the noble conflicts of Castile in the second half of the fifteenth century. In this work, a first approach is made to see how this defensive system of the council territory was articulated during the centuries of the late Middle Ages, heeding written sources of information and always paying attention to the materiality of the structures that make up this control for the defence of the territory, fundamentally castles and towers.
Warfare in the peninsular Middle Age is characterized by a series of incursions, known as “cabalgadas”, to depredate the resources of the enemy territory, and it is, in this sense, where fortresses play a great role as these tactics are used to facilitate the taking of the territory's strong points. That is why the Council of Jaen acts as a paradigm shown, not only in the border conflict with the Nazari Kingdom of Granada, but also in the noble conflicts of Castile in the second half of the fifteenth century. In this work, a first approach is made to see how this defensive system of the council territory was articulated during the centuries of the late Middle Ages, heeding written sources of information and always paying attention to the materiality of the structures that make up this control for the defence of the territory, fundamentally castles and towers.
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