Carolingian Frontiers: Italy and Beyond
- Edited by:
- Maddalena Betti,
- Francesco Borri,
- Stefano Gasparri,
Imperial frontiers have been a topic of research and a source of fascination for decades. This volume deals with the Carolingian Empire, particularly Italy, collecting fifteen essays on the military, economic and social function of the frontier; how it was ideologically conceived and physically realized from Saxony to Catalonia across the Alps and the Danube. In a rich diversity of perspectives and themes, the concept of frontier is used in its political, ideological, normative, and cultural meanings. Aim of the volume is to offer a comprehensive picture of Carolingian frontiers against the background of the broad debate on empires and frontiers.
- Keywords:
- Frontiers,
- Borders,
- Carolingian Empire,
- Imperialism,
- 9th Century,
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0416-3
- Series: Reti Medievali E-Book
- Scientific Board
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medieval History
Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-3666-598X
University of Venice Ca' Foscari, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-3385-2288
Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-1374-504X
Francesco Borri is Associate Professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. Among his most recent publications: Alboino (Viella 2016), ‘Mascaras, cadáveres y otras cosas preciosas’, in Cohesión Social y Transformaciones Identitarias, ed. C F. Ruchesi (Miño y Dávila 2023) and ‘The Year of the Red Moon’, Lovecraft Annual, 17 (2023).
Stefano Gasparri is Emeritus Professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. His most recent monographs are Italia longobarda. Il regno, i Franchi, il papato (Laterza 2012); Voci dai secoli oscuri (Carocci 2017), and Desiderio (Salerno 2019).
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Iñaki Martín Viso
A blurred frontier: the territories between the kingdom of Asturias and al-Andalus (eighth and ninth centuries)- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.61-77
I. Italian boundaries I: northern frontiers
Marco Cristini
Waiting for the barbarians: the frontiers of the Ostrogothic Kingdom during the reign of Theoderic- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.81-94
Katharina Winckler
From passageway to frontier: the Alps in Carolingian times- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.95-113
Annamaria Pazienza
Serving two masters. Istria between Venice and the Franks in the 8th and 9th centuries- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.115-137
II. The frontiers of others I: Saxony and Lothringia
Simon MacLean
Frontiers and fortifications in the Carolingian imperial imagination- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.141-159
Marco Franzoni
Frontiers as zones of public overinvestment: fortresses, ditches, and walls in the northern frontier of the Carolingian Empire- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.161-174
III. Italian boundaries II: southern frontiers
Maddalena Betti
Representing the space of papal government at the time of Lothar I: the claim of fines Romani- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.177-192
pp.193-205
Gianmarco De Angelis
Carolingian koinè and documentary frontiers of the kingdom of Italy- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.235-257
IV. The frontiers of others II: from Catalunya to the Danube
Igor Santos Salazar
Fiscal resources and political competition on the periphery of the Carolingian empire: some Catalan examples (9th century)- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.261-271
David Kalhous
Divided by the Danube? Political boundaries and cultural continuities- CC BY 4.0 |
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pp.289-305
- Publication Year: 2024
- Pages: 354
- eISBN: 979-12-215-0416-3
- Content License: CC BY 4.0
- © 2024 Author(s)
- Publication Year: 2024
- Pages: 354
- ISBN: 979-12-215-0415-6
- Content License: CC BY 4.0
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Book Title
Carolingian Frontiers: Italy and Beyond
Editors
Maddalena Betti, Francesco Borri, Stefano Gasparri
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
354
Publication Year
2024
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0416-3
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979-12-215-0415-6
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979-12-215-0416-3
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Reti Medievali E-Book
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2704-6362
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2704-6079
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