Armas y equipos en la marca superior de Al-Andalus. El reducto rural islámico de Solibernat (Lleida) y su panoplia militar en la primera mitad del siglo XII

Abstract

This work present and analyze in full detail the weapons collection and the military equipment of islamic’s garrison detached in first half of the XII century in rural redoubt of Solibernat (Torres de Segre, Lleida), a little multivalent’s emplacement with military and agricultural functions, a control point and relay of post horses situated near the Madina Larida, the modern town of Lleida. The findings in Solibernat show us that a mixed detachment with infantryman and cavalryman guarded this emplacement. This detachment had spears, perhaps javelins, crossbows with their darts, shields and knifes. This way, Solibernat and the near islamic’s redoubt of Zafranales (Fraga), show us an extensive range of military weapons collection correctly dated between 1075/1080 and 1149 in a very delimitated territory of Thaghr al-á’la, the Upper’s March of al-Andalus.