Mariel V. PÉREZ

Strategies of alliance and social reproduction in Leon medieval aristocracy: the Flaínez (10th-11th centuries)

Estrategias de alianza y reproducción social en la aristocracia medieval leonesa: los Flaínez (siglos X-XI)

Published in Aristocracy and nobility in the Ancient and Medieval World

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In this article we will analyze the strategies of alliance of Leon medieval aristocracy, with the intention of revealing the important function they carried out in the social reproduction of the ruling class. We will focus the study in the Flaínez family, one of the most eminent aristocratic groups in the Kingdom of León during the 10th and 11th centuries.