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Seminari del Centro interuniversitario per la storia e l'archeologia dell'alto medioevo(SCISAM 6) Three empires, three cities Identity, material culture and legitimacy in Venice, Ravenna and Rome, 750-1000 V. West-Harling (ed.) 351 p., 52 b/w ill., 156 x 234 mm, 2015 ISBN: 978-2-503-56228-5 Languages: English, Italian Paperback Retail price: EUR 95,00 A comparative history of Rome, Ravenna and Venice through an exploration of their post-Byzantine identity before 1000. This book focuses on three Italian cities in the early middle ages, Rome, Ravenna and Venice, and looks at them in a new light. The unifying element linking them was their common Byzantine past, since they remained in the sphere of imperial power after the creation of the Lombard kingdom in the late 6th century, up to 750. What happened to them when their links with the Byzantine Empire were almost entirely severed in the 8th century? Did they remain socially and culturally heirs of Byzantium in the 9th and 10th centuries in their political structures, social organisation, material culture, ideological frame of reference and representation of identity? Or did they become part of the next imperial powers of Italy, the Carolingian and the Ottonian empires? A workshop in Oxford in 2014 brought together an international group of specialists to discuss these questions in a comparative context; the excitement of their debates is captured in the discussion sections linking the papers in this volume. Early medieval Italy can be seen in a new way as a result. Veronica West-Harling is a Research Fellow in the History Faculty at Oxford. She has published several books on Anglo-Saxon and Early Medieval Italian history, and collaborated with Chris Wickham on the 3-year AHRC project on which this workshop is based. She is currently publishing a book on Rome, Ravenna and Venice, 750-1000: Byzantine Heritage, Imperial Present and the Construction of City Identity, with Oxford University Press. Table of Contents Veronica West-Harling Preface Veronica West-Harling Introduction Session I: Venice: creation of a city and its identity Stefano Gasparri The formation of an early medieval community: Venice between provincial and urban identity Sauro Gelichi La storia di una nuova città attraverso l'archeologia: Venezia nell'alto medioevo Session II: Ravenna: the city and its ruler Enrico Cirelli Material Culture in Ravenna and its hinterland between the 8th and the 10th century Session III: Rome: the reality of power Riccardo Santangeli Valenzani Topografia del potere a Roma nel X secolo Session IV: Rome: reinterpreting the city's past Caroline Goodson To be the daughter of Saint Peter: S. Petronilla and forging the Franco-Papal Alliance Sessions V and VI: Empires Paolo Delogu I Romani e l'Impero (VII-X secolo) François Bougard Les Francs à Venise, à Ravenne et à Rome, facteur d'identité urbaine ? Hagen Keller Identità romana e l'idea dell'Imperium Romanorum nel decimo e nel primo undicesimo secool Session VII: Round table discussion/Tavola rotonda Chris Wickham Conclusions Index Language : english and Italian text Size: 156 x 234 Mm.

Edizione: edition originale.