In Search of the First Venetians Prosopography of Early Medieval Venice

Early Middle Ages(SEM 41) L. A. Berto In Search of the First Venetians Prosopography of Early Medieval Venice VIII+485 p., 1 b/w line art, 156 x 234 mm, 2014 ISBN: 978-2-503-54101-3 Languages: English Hardback The publication is available. Retail price: EUR 135,00 Based on an extensive source analysis, this book provides the biographical information of all early medieval Venetians, thus offering an invaluable research tool for the history of Venice. This prosopographical study provides information about each Venetian living in the early Middle Ages, from the invasion of the Lombards in 569 - an action that forced part of northeast Italy's population to seek refuge on the islands of the Venetian lagoon - to the rule of Duke Petrus Ursoylus II (991-1008). There is an entry for each individual listing all available information and quoting the full text of primary sources within the footnotes. The data are organized in categories such as families, first names, rulers, women, office holders, ecclesiastics, occupations, and places of residence (Venice was a duchy with different urban centres). Venice is an extremely important place for this kind of analysis. It is the area in which family name use began for the first time in medieval Europe. Venice was never conquered by a 'Germanic' people, and therefore it is possible to study the evolution of a post-Roman/Byzantine society by analyzing the names of the Venetians. Moreover, scholars interested in later periods will be able to find the origins of all the most important Venetian families. Table of Contents Introduction The Early Medieval Venetians Appendices Appendix 1: First Names Appendix 2: Rulers of Venice Appendix 3: Co-Rulers Appendix 4: Venetian Rulers and Co-Rulers Holding Honorific Byzantine Titles Appendix 5: Tribunes Appendix 6: Other Offices and Titles Appendix 7: Occupations Appendix 8: Advocati Appendix 9: Liberti Appendix 10: Ethnic Definitions Appendix 11: People Mentioning from Where They Are Appendix 12: Ecclesiatics Bibliography Size: 156 x 234 Mm.

Edizione: edition originale.