Medieval origin of Catalonia (8th to 12th centuries)

Authors

  • Michel Zimmermann

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2436/20.1001.01.239

Keywords:

Catalonia, origin, collective identity, 8th-12th centuries

Abstract

The article analyses the medieval origin of Catalonia, emphasising its complexity and uniqueness. It does not respond to any type of determinism and neither is it the outcome of a conquest or immigration. The birth of Catalonia marks the period of a domestic evolution. It is the construction of a collective identity as a response to a conscious process of a sociological reality arising from historical and geographical conditions. It is, therefore, an original construction, less in its form than in its precocity.

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Published

2024-02-02

How to Cite

Zimmermann, M. (2024). Medieval origin of Catalonia (8th to 12th centuries). Butlletí De La Societat Catalana d’Estudis Històrics, (33), 323–359. https://doi.org/10.2436/20.1001.01.239

Issue

No. 33 (2022)

Section

Congrés-Homenatge a Ramon d'Abadal i de Vinyals (1888-1970)

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