Oviedo
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Alex Ayris
Creators: Alex Ayris
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
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Last modified
Jun 30, 2016 11:17 AM
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History
Founded in the eighth century, Oviedo was modeled after Toledo and flourished in the ninth century under Asturian King Alfonso II (791-842). It was at that time that Oviedo became the Asturian capital and an episcopal see. Oviedo remained prominent until the early tenth century.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/475092090
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settlement, settlement-modern
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- "Oviedo." In The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Collins, Roger. 2012. Caliphs and Kings: Spain, 796-1031. Chichester, UK; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 51, 52, 71, 75, 76, 78, 79, 81, 105, 107-8, 109-10, 139, 151, 192
- Linehan, Peter. 1993. Histories and the Historians of Medieval Spain. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 83-4, 84-5, 97, 98, 109, 109n., 111, 112, 115, 174, 190-1, 202, 208, 212, 213, 274, 285, 373
- Metapedia, Oviedo (ES)
- O'Callaghan, Joseph. 1975. A History of Medieval Spain. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. pp. 104, 163, 169, 171, 185, 269, 307, 314
- Sholod, Barton. 1966. Charlemagne in Spain: The Cultural Legacy of Roncesvalles. Genève: Librarie Droz. pp. 53, 55, 56, 57n., 72, 129-132, 222
- Wikipedia (English) Oviedo
- See Also:
Oviedo
Alex Ayris, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Oviedo: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2016 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/475092090> [accessed: 23 September 2023]
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