IGLESIA, CEMENTERIO Y ALDEA EN ÁLAVA DURANTE EL SIGLO XII

This paper analyses the archaeological record of six villages of Álava, north-central Iberia, in the High Middle Ages (11-13th centuries AD): Armentia and the deserted villages of Zornoztegi, Zaballa, Aistra, Torrentejo and Dulantzi. The approach focuses on their churches, their associated structures and the relationship with the surrounding domestic households, with a double aim. [...]to assess whether these changes, if identified, had any connections with the implementation of the Catholic parish network, a process that so far has been almost exclusively studied after the written sources. Keywords: High Middle Ages; material markers; ecclesiastical rents; proprietary churches; episcopal powers; peasant communities. 1.