Abstract
This article analyses the influence of monasteries on the creation of social networks based on the specific case of the El Bierzo region. Six monasteries were chosen (Santa Leocadia de Castaneda, Santos Cosme y Damian de Burbia, San Salvador de Barcena, San Pedro de Montes, Santiago de Penalba, and San Julian de Samos) in order to study three different parameters: the social agents that interacted with the monasteries, the shaping of the monastical estates and the geographical scale of their domains. As a result of this analysis, a typology based on the way in which the social networks were organized (monasteries of local scale, monasteries with religious prestige, and monasteries linked to the monarchy), has been clearly identified. Additionally, it highlights the existence of a decentralized social pattern in which the different aristocratic groups coexisted without fierce competition because they developed on a local-regional scale, in which the monasteries served as stage for their power.
Highlights
RESUMEN: Este trabajo pretende analizar la influencia de los monasterios en la formación de redes sociales a partir del caso específico del Bierzo
This article analyses the influence of monasteries on the creation of social networks based on the specific case of the El Bierzo region
(Santa Leocadia de Castañeda, Santos Cosme y Damián de Burbia, San Salvador de Bárcena, San Pedro de Montes, Santiago de Peñalba, and San Julián de Samos) in order to study three different parameters: the social agents that interacted with the monasteries, the shaping of the monastical estates and the geographical scale of their domains
Summary
RESUMEN: Este trabajo pretende analizar la influencia de los monasterios en la formación de redes sociales a partir del caso específico del Bierzo. Mediante la selección de seis ejemplos (Santa Leocadia de Castañeda, Santos Cosme y Damián de Burbia, San Salvador de Bárcena, San Pedro de Montes, Santiago de Peñalba y San Julián de Samos) se estudian tres parámetros: los actores que interactúan con los monasterios, la configuración de los patrimonios monásticos y el ámbito geográfico de los dominios. Se observa una tipología atendiendo a las redes que configuran (monasterios de ámbito local, monasterios de prestigio religioso y monasterios asociados a la monarquía). Se señala la existencia de un patrón social descentralizado, en el que distintos grupos aristocráticos coexistían sin fuertes competencias, al desarrollarse en una escala comarcal, en la que los monasterios funcionaron como plataformas de poder.
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