La materialidad del poder regio en la frontera medieval del Ebro: el complejo eclesiástico de Santa María de Resa (Andosilla, Navarra)

Between the 10th and 12th centuries, the middle Ebro valley was an area of frontier and interaction between the Pamplona monarchy and its neighbours, first the Muladi dynasty of the Banu Qasi, and then the Castilian Crown. In this context, the strategies of territorial control and organization set in place by the royal power and the local elites took various forms, endowment of their own churches that functioned as centres for the reception and management of different goods and rents. This article addresses the study of one of these centers, that of Santa María de Resa, through a comparative analysis of its archaeological record and the documentary sources related to it. The results highlight the importance of these spaces in the configuration of the medieval landscapes of the region, and open the door to future work that will allow us to deepen and qualify the evidence obtained.