HUM182: Medievalism of Cadiz

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University
Faculty/school/department
FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY AND LETTERS/ HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY AND PHILOSOPHY/ MEDIEVAL HISTORY
Size of the team
number of researchers number of supporting staff number of PhD students
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Composition of Joint Unit of Research, if relevant

The "Medievalism of Cádiz" Research Group deals with various lines of research, as has been pointed out in the corresponding section. The researchers of the group have formed part, or are currently forming part, of different research projects, they publish in specialised journals and participate, as speakers and/or communicators in national and international congresses linked to their lines of research.
One of the lines of the group is the application of the prospographic methodology for the reconstruction of the Andalusian low-medieval societies. We must highlight the works for the leading groups of the kingdom of Seville published by Dr. Rafael Sánchez Saus, one of the leading specialists in these studies in the national framework. For the area of the Bay of Cadiz, Dr. Emilio Martín and Dr. Enrique Ruiz are deepening in recent years in the knowledge of social groups linked to craft, commercial and credit activities.
The research group has served as a cover to present the project "The interaction between society and the environment in the Guadalete basin in the Middle Ages (GUADAMED)" whose main researcher is Dr. Enrique Ruiz and in which the researchers Dr. Emilio Martín Gutiérrez and Dr. Luis Iglesias García are participating. This project was presented in the Call for Aid for R+D+i projects within the framework of the Andalusia 2014-2020 ERDF Operational Programme. Call for proposals 2018. The project was positively assessed and finally awarded the amount of 139,000 euros.

PI
PI name
EMILIO MARTIN GUTIERREZ
PI bio

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5283-7257

Three consecutive six-year periods of research recognized by the CNEAI for the periods 1996-2004, 2005-2010 and 2012-2017. Extraordinary Doctorate Award, University of Cadiz, for the 2002-2003 academic year. Co-director, together with Professor Dr. Alfonso Franco Silva, of the doctoral thesis "El poder en el concejo de Jerez de la Frontera durante el reinado de los Reyes Católicos (1474-1504): espacios, ámbitos y recursos" defended by Enrique Ruiz Pilares on 11 December 2017 with the qualification of Outstanding cum laude. Regular evaluator of scientific articles in journals related to the area of Medieval History: "Historia. Institutiones. Documentos", "Studia Historica. Historia Medieval", "Norba. Revista de Historia", "Medievalismo. Revista de la Sociedad Española de Estudios Medievales" or "Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies. Member of the editorial committee of the international journals "Riparia" and "Edizioni Studium. Sezione Storia Medievale". Director of the book collection "Poliédrica. Paisaje y Cultura" of the publishing house of the University of Cádiz.
Publications in consolidated university publishing houses -Cadiz, Seville, Extremadura- and in national and international magazines specialized in Medieval History and well considered as, for example, "Studia Historica. Historia Medieval", "En la España Medieval", "Historia. Institutiones. Documentos" or "Società e Storia. My research career is linked to the study of the rural low-medieval landscapes -with special mention to the interaction of society with the environment- in the regions of Cadiz. A geographical framework that has not constituted a denial of other historical realities as can be easily verified through the national and international bibliography used, but has served to apply a methodology successfully experimented by other colleagues. I have been publishing the results in books, specialized magazines - national and international - and also in popular magazines. I have participated in local, national and international congresses, conferences and seminars. I have been part of the projects "Agricultural landscape and rural society in Extremadura and Western Andalusia (XV-XVI centuries)", HAR2010-15238 Ministry of Science and Innovation. National R&D&I Plan 2008-2011. Julián Clemente Ramos. (University of Extremadura). 01/01/2011-31/12/2013. 34,12 €. "Storia e Archeologia globale dei paesaggi rurali in Italia fra Tardoantico e Medioevo". Integrated systems of sources, methods and technologies for sustainable development Giuliano Volpe. (University of Foggia). 01/01/2010-12/12/2011. "Geographic Information System. Ancient and medieval farming in the province of Cadiz ERDF-ESF Operational Programme. European Union. Lázaro Lagóstena Barrios. (University of Cadiz). 01/01/2005-12/12/2007. 52,62 €. I have participated in national research projects and, from the "Seminario Agustín de Horozco", located in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, I have been applying GIS technology to the study of landscapes.
The results can be seen in the elaboration of a historical cartography present in my publications. The balance is very enriching and my works have been very well received by the scientific community as can be seen by the high level of follow-up of my publications in Academia.edu:
https://uca-es.academia.edu/EmilioMart%C3%ADnGutiérrez

Contact person and e-mail
Contact person
EMILIO MARTIN GUTIERREZ
Contact person e-mail
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Short description of research profile

Society-Environmental Interaction in Western Andalusia in the Middle Ages
Maritime and coastal landscapes and societies
Prosopography of medieval Andalusian society
Digital Humanities and Geographic Information Systems

Publications

Representative publications

1. Wine landscapes in the late Middle Ages. The example of Jerez de la Frontera Emilio Martín Gutiérrez EDAD MEDIA: Revista de Historia   (2019) Vol: 20. Pgs: 184-214
2. Don Fernando "el de Antequera" y Sevilla, 1407-1416 (Don Fernando "the one from Antequera" and Seville, 1407-1416) Santiago González Sánchez Madrid: Dykinson, 2020, 193 páginas ISBN: 9788413246352
3. El paisaje pesquero de Jerez de la Frontera a finales de la Edad Media: caladeros, flota, distribución y consumo (The fishing landscape of Jerez de la Frontera at the end of the Middle Ages: fishing grounds, fleet, distribution and consumption) Enrique José Ruiz Pilares Historia, Instituciones, Documentos, 2018 45, 377-465
4. La Sevilla de doña Guiomar Manuel. Un ejemplo medieval de evergesía cívica y cristiana (The Seville of Doña Guiomar Manuel. A medieval example of civic and Christian evergesia) Rafael Sánchez Saus Sevilla: Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla, 2015, 284 páginas ISBN: 8494139290
5. Las Villas Perdidas. La frontera entre el Reino de Sevilla y el Sultanato Nazarí (The Lost Villas. The border between the Kingdom of Seville and the Nasrid Sultanate) Luis Iglesias García Málaga: El Genal, 2017, 463 páginas ISBN: 978-84-16871-13-1

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Technology Expertise

The research group has been characterized in recent years by the inclusion in their publications of graphic and cartographic material generated from Geographic Information Systems. Techniques and methodologies in continuous process of specialization in our ICT work center, the Agustin de Horozco Seminar (see the corresponding section). The importance of elaborating graphic material allows us to generate much more precise and careful representations of space that facilitate a better appreciation of the transformation of the natural environment in a diachronic key. GIS allow us, for example, to approach the environmental impact of human societies and to reconstruct from the paleo-costal or paleo-channel.