La sociedad de las Tierras del Ebre: el señorio templario y hospitalario de Ribera d'Ebre y Terra Alta (1150-1350)

Identificador:  TDX:3149

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX3149

Autors:  Ortega Pérez, Pascual

Resum:
This work studies the dynamic and evolutionary structure of that part of the Catalan-Aragonese feudal formation, which took place in the regions of Ribera d’Ebre and Terra Alta, both of them located in the south-western part of Catalonia, between Tortosa (in the south) and Lérida (in the north) and the Ebro and Algars rivers. This land belonged in its entirity to the Temple Order and after its abolishion and a short period of royal administration, it came to belong to the Hospital Order. From an organizational point of view, it dealt with the Ascó, Horta and Miravet commands. The historical age being analized covers from the acquisition of the land by the Christian feudal organization in 1153 until the beginning of the late Middle Ages crisis, that is, when some of its components had already arisen in spite of not having totally become aparent. This research work was of interest on three points. On account of its status as first military broad adquisition, that social collective allowed the study of how the prevailing socio-economical structures had been established and how they had developed. Since it was a feudal state of religious and military Order, it was possible to study in depth the organisation of these militias and the behaviour of men and lands. Finally, Moslem people’s stay after the conquest made it viable the analysis of the submission conditions of these people under the new rule. This work is organised according to sections: The military ocupation of the land, the shaping of the feudal state, and the social organization of the land which was carried out, are being successively studied. Also the population and economic exploitation of the land, the feudal rule over the inhabitants and the productive surplus, the power structure of the ruling class and the organizational development of the lower communities, both Christian and Sarracen. This work also includes an epilogue, in which the most outstanding facts of the above-mentioned sections are present in a chronological order. Finally, it also contains a volume of appendixes and a documentary appendix.