Book reviewed by:

- Thomas Engel, « Michel Bochaca, Jean-Luc Sarrazin (dir.), Ports et littoraux de l’Europe atlantique. Transformations naturelles et aménagements humains (xive-xvie siècle) », Annales de Bretagne et des Pays de l’Ouest [En ligne], p. 115-1 | 2008.
- Christian Pfister-Langanay, Revue du Nord, tomo 90, nº 337, 2008, p. 883.

"Vid. a book review by Teófilo F. Ruiz (University of California. Los Angeles)

“Yet, there is a great deal here that is most commendable and that makes this book worthy of review and reading. The author shows a willingness to explore new issues, thus moving his description of the social and economic history of Santander to different interpretative and analytical stages than those occupied by earlier studies. His openness to other European historiographies is also to be noted, as in his careful treatment of women and their role within strategies of social reproduction. Centering his study on questions of space –spaces of production, spaces of power, spaces of social reproduction- Solórzano has produced a book that it is both innovative and informative”.

"The American Historical Review". Vol. 114, No. 1: pp. 194-195.

Book reviews:
a.The American Historical Review. Vol. 114, No. 1: pp. 194-195 by Teófilo F. Ruiz de la University of California.
b. Edad Media. Revista de Historia, nº 5, p. 303-306 by Jesús G. Peribáñez de la Universidad de Valladolid.
c. Le Moyen Age. CXIX.2013, p. 235, by C. Mazzoli-Guintard.

The author analyses the beginnings and development of sea ports along the northern border of the kingdom of Castile during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. He studies  the role played by the king in this area; it helps us to understand the consolidation of a network of ports in the north of the Peninsula. The kings started by granting royal foundation charters ("fueros") to the small villages along the Cantabrian coast, not only to establish their rights and obligations, but also to reinforce, by means of a legal instrument, the royal control over the coast, thus modifying the regional balance of power. Secondly, following the foundation of sea ports, material and logistic structures developed, which promoted commercial relationships and human connections, on the one hand between sea ports on the Atlantic coast of the Peninsula, and on the other between these foundations and their hinterlands and overseas markets, thereby reinforcing the internal urban structure in the north of Castile.

Book review by María Eugenia Albornoz Vázquez, in 'Nuevo Mundo-Mundos nuevos' (on line).

Medioevo latino, Bollettino bibliografiso della cultura europea da Boezio a Erasmo (secoli VI-XV), XXXIII, 2012: 629, 630, 718, 786, 798, 842, 931, 937, 939, 947, 969, 977, 994, 998, 1002. 
by Elisabeth Lagressa in Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies 01/2009; 40(1):274-276.