Abstract SETTLEMENT IN PENEDÈS (CATALONIA) BETWEEN THE 10TH AND THE 13TH CENTURIES

Penedès is an historical region of Catalonia which was controlled by the Count of Barcelona and its nobility from the 10^th century onwards. Using documentary and archaeological sources, the outcoming research has the main objective to achieve the cartographical restitution of the Medieval Penedès settlements (10-13^th centuries) and their analysis from a geographical and historical perspective. In this sense, there will be addressed some phenomena from that period as the abandonment of settlements in mountainous areas, the concentration of population around churches, towers and markets or the expansion of farms (masies).Penedès is an historical region of Catalonia which was controlled by the Count of Barcelona and its nobility from the 10^th century onwards. Using documentary and archaeological sources, the outcoming research has the main objective to achieve the cartographical restitution of the Medieval Penedès settlements (10-13^th centuries) and their analysis from a geographical and historical perspective. In this sense, there will be addressed some phenomena from that period as the abandonment of settlements in mountainous areas, the concentration of population around churches, towers and markets or the expansion of farms (masies).

This research has been supported by the Secretary of Universities and Research of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the European Social Fund as part of the PhD project “Poblament i assentaments al Penedès medieval: segles x-xiii”, under the direction of Dr. Marta Sancho Planas and Dr. Maria Soler Sala (University of Barcelona). This investigation has been conducted under the following research projects: “Priores, senyors i prínceps. Els espais de poder a la Catalunya medieval i moderna” and “Paisajes monásticos. Representaciones y virtualizaciones de las realidades espirituales y materiales medievales en el Mediterráneo Occidental (siglos VI-XVI)” [PGC2018-095350-B-I00].