In the name of a distant king: representing royal authority in the county of Castile,<i>c</i>.900-1038
Julio Escalona
This article explores the representation of royal power in tenth‐century county C astile by contrasting low degrees effective agency within with a dominant charter‐writing tradition that coupled king and count synchronisms dating clauses. The components astilian charter corpus are broken down compared to other areas northern I beria, order suggest that, rather than mere regional tradition, this practice reflects widespread political culture sought legitimize counts' unitary leadership reference prestigious yet distant figure.
Early Medieval Europe|DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))