Power of Cities

Sabine Panzram, Ph.D. (2001), Münster University, is Professor of Ancient History at Hamburg University. She focuses in particular on social and urban history on the Iberian Peninsula. Her recent publications include: Entre civitas y madīna. El mundo de las ciudades en la Península Ibérica y en el norte de África (siglos IV-IX) (Casa de Velázquez, 2018).

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsList of Maps and FiguresNotes on ContributorsMaps1 Introduction: Urban History on the Iberian Peninsula—Current PerspectivesSabine PanzramPart 1: The City in Spania (4th to 7th Centuries)2 The Transformation of the City in Hispania between the 4th and the 6th CenturiesGisela Ripoll3 The Late Antique City in Spania—Toledo and RecópolisJavier ArcePart 2: The City in al-Andalus (8th to 11th Centuries)4 Ornament of the World: Urban Change in Early Islamic QurṭubaIsabel Toral-Niehoff and Alberto León Muñoz5 The Impact of the Arab Conquest on the Planning of the Iberian Cities: Toledo inside WallsFernando Valdés FernándezPart 3: The City in the Territories of the “Reconquista” (11th to 15th Centuries)6 Conquered Cities: Continuity and Transformation of Urban Structures in the Castilian “Reconquista” Territories (11th–14th Centuries)—Toledo and SevilleMatthias Maser7 The City in the Image/Images of the City: The Lost Tapestry of ValladolidMaría Asenjo GonzálezPart 4: The City in the Hispaniae (15th to 18th Centuries)8 Characteristics of Castilian Cities in the 16th and 17th CenturiesAntonio Irigoyen López9 Ports to “New Worlds”: Lisbon, Seville, Cádiz (15th–18th Centuries)Klaus Weber and Torsten dos Santos Arnold10 Epilogue: The Power of Cities—Rewriting the History of the Iberian PeninsulaSabine PanzramIndices

"This set of texts represents a very necessary and fresh updating to the issue of urban life and urban development in Iberia. The work closes with a final balance of the volume coordinator, in which Panzram highlights the need to rewrite Iberian history from an urban perspective, an endeavour to which the reviewed work prominently contributes. It is likewise noteworthy, to conclude, the excellent quality of the edition, significantly enriched with a highly remarkable set of color maps, figures, and pictures providing the reader with very useful tools in order to gain a better understanding of different places and historical realities described in the book". Alejandro García Sanjuán, in Sehepunkte, 20 (2), 2020. This erudite collection of eight essays, bookended by remarks from Panzram (Univ. of Hamburg, Germany), covers the cities of the Iberianpeninsula from the Roman and Visigothic periods through the 18th century. [...] Maintaining a high standard of scholarship, this collection would be at home in any academic or research library, particularly those with collections on the history and culture of cities, and the history of Iberia. Summing Up: Recommended". D. C. Kierdorf, in Choice, 57 (1), June 2020.