Explotar y gestionar el bosque entre la memoria y la práctica: La constitución de las dehesas forestales del monasterio de Cardeña, siglos X y XI

Abstract

The aim of this article is to thoroughly analyse the practices of exploitation and management of the early medieval woods through the analysis of the constitution of the dehesas of the monastery of Cardeña, in Castile. In order to do so, two levels are identified which hardly ever are distinguishable: on the one hand, the monastic discourse about the possession projected over his wood properties and, on the other hand, the use and appropriation perceptible in these charters. This involves the comprehension of the exploitation of non-cultivated spaces according to an interaction with cultivated ones and the precision of different practices and logics of appropriation and management. The relationships between different users and with the monastery around woods over 10th and 11th centuries are analysed. This perspective could help us to reconsider the capacity of peasant groups to act over non-cultivated lands and to organize territory according to collective logics and negotiation with lords.