The “Seminar in Medieval Studies” will take place on the 19th of October, at 4pm: “Servir al señor.  Las obligaciones militares de la sociedad portuguesa durante la Edad Media“, by Jose Luis Costa Hernández”, online (via Zoom).

 

Abstract
The Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages experienced its own system regarding the military obligations of urban and rural society with its natural lord. This element that has not gone unnoticed by researchers, giving rise to the concept of “a society for war” that defines the permanent state of war in Spanish medieval society.

Portugal is not alien to its own peninsular state. Mirroring the other Christian kingdoms, they are established through legal formulas, through the fueros, and vassalage, the military dispositions of the citizens with respect to their lord are regulated. Establishing a series of service obligations that divide society, according to its economic status, into pawns or villainous knights who will mark, in turn, their participation in the warlike actions of the kingdom.

Through the knowledge acquired during a research stay in Portugal, we will analyze and value the legal, military, and social evolution of Portuguese society through its role in the different conflicts of the kingdom, whether in military, sponsored, or in its daily role.

Biographical note
Graduate in History from UNED, Master in Advanced Techniques in Historical Research, currently a fourth-year doctoral student at the UNED Doctoral School. He has specialized in the study of the Concejiles Militias in León and Castilla, which has resulted in the publication of a Monograph on the Conquest of Seville (1248) and the Burgos Ramón Bonifaz, several articles on the military role of Castilian-Leonese society in the Middle Ages. He has participated in numerous Congresses and Seminars related to medieval military history and has recently carried out a research stay in Portugal with the aim of learning about the reality of medieval Portuguese society in the face of its military obligations.

 

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