Alfoz (territory)
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The
autonomous political division. At the center of this community, the town (or sometimes a city) comprised an urban area
and usually boasted of a castle and a fortified wall.
By the 12th century, the alfoces had fiscal, judicial and military functions.Church and the nobility, an act that undermined the very purpose of the alfoz.
The alfoz and its villa formed what would later be known as a municipality. The word alfoz comes from the Arabic al-hawz, meaning "rural district".[2] It is currently preserved in several placenames in Spain[n. 2] as well as is occasionally used as a modern-day common noun.
Notes
- ^ Not to be confused with villa, a type of residence.
- ^ Including Alfoz (Lugo), Alfoz de Bricia (Burgos), Alfoz de Lloredo (Cantabria), Alfoz de Quintanadueñas (Burgos), Alfoz de Santa Gadea (Burgos)
References
- ISBN 978-0-8014-6871-1. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- ISSN 0214-3038. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
Bibliography
- Martínez Sopena, Pascual (2005). Una historia de Valladolid: El Valladolid medieval (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Valladolid. ISBN 84-95389-80-0.
- García Velasco, Miguel Ángel (2008). Moraleja de las Panaderas: Refugio entre pinares (in Spanish). Diputación de Valladolid. p. 32. ISBN 978-84-7852-097-8.