This article reviews the most recent historiography of Christian Iberia in the tenth century. The work is divided into three major political areas of that period: the Northwest, the counties of the Hispanic March, and the Kingdom of Pamplona and Pyrenean valleys. Each has specific historiographical patterns that underline the diversity that characterised Christian political areas in this century. However, this also reflects the coexistence of different historiographical traditions that do not always dialogue with one another. This study highlights the relevance of Social History after the profound renewal of Spanish medievalism in the last third of the twentieth century. Thanks to this renewal, the old repopulation-reconquest binomial that tyrannised the view of the past had been abandoned despite its permanent success in popular visions, particularly those coming from the populist ultra-right. Finally, it advocated a transregional and European vision that allowed different peninsular experiences to be understood in a broader context, breaking with the self-absorption that sometimes affects historiographical traditions.
University of Salamanca, Spain - ORCID: 0000-0002-1720-0821
Chapter Title
Beyond the Repopulation and Reconquest: Tenth century Christian Iberia from Social History
Authors
Iñaki Martín Viso
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1094-2.10
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Publication Year
2026
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Book Title
Repenser le Xe siècle. États des lieux et perspectives / Ripensare il X secolo. Bilanci e prospettive
Editors
Gianmarco De Angelis, Tiziana Lazzari
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Number of Pages
490
Publication Year
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1094-2
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979-12-215-1093-5
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979-12-215-1094-2
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979-12-215-1096-6
Series Title
Reti Medievali E-Book
Series ISSN
2704-6362
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2704-6079