Making history from the Medieval perspective. Trends. Reflections. Debates

«"Making History from a Medieval Perspective: Trends, Reflections, and Debates" is conceived as a collective effort to explore some of the main axes of current study and debate on Hispanic medieval history from the perspective of the latest generations of researchers in the field. This volume is the culmination of a series of research seminars organized by the Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of La Laguna between 2011 and 2014. With a clear focus on transatlantic intellectual exchange, the seminars featured the participation of Spanish and Latin American medievalists, authors of the various chapters in this work.

Throughout this volume, eleven studies address historical issues specific to the territories and societies of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon between the 13th and 16th centuries, examined using documentary and archaeological analysis methodologies. In each study, alongside the analysis of case studies, a crucial theoretical and methodological discussion plays a key role, focusing on the concepts and procedures that allow for the construction of historical knowledge. This discussion also includes critical assessments of the existing bibliographic contributions to each of the central themes addressed in relation to the topics considered in each work: the genesis of the modern state and the history of power, monarchical power and state apparatuses, archaeology and medievalism, cultural history and mentalities, and medievalism and its boundaries (chronological, spatial, and conceptual).