This article examines the main places where elites accumulated, consumed and displayed resources in order to demonstrate their ability to control and organise their dominated spaces. Indeed, in these segmented societies, where control of space is achieved through the construction and domination of a network of places of power, our attention must focus on these points. From these places of power, aristocratic groups construct countervailing discourses aimed at justifying, expressing and perpetuating their domination, both material and symbolic. Social estimators of material wealth are one of the fundamental elements of this desire for distinction, and one of the most compelling markers for identifying these places.
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Chapter Title
Constructing territories, deconstructing the landscape: a conclusion
Authors
Igor Santos Salazar
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0530-6.16
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Publication Year
2024
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Book Title
Political landscapes in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages: the Iberian Northwest in the Context of Southern Europe
Editors
Iñaki Martín Viso
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Number of Pages
340
Publication Year
2024
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0530-6
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979-12-215-0529-0
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979-12-215-0530-6
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979-12-215-0532-0
Series Title
Reti Medievali E-Book
Series ISSN
2704-6362
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2704-6079