- Between Ostrogothic and Carolingian Italy
- Edited by Fabrizio Oppedisano
The Revival of Cassiodorus’ Variae in the High Middle Ages (10th-11th century)
- Internullo Dario
- © 2022 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3.10
This paper is based on a number of reuses of Cassiodorus’ Variae that have been found in notarial documents written in Rome and Lazio between the tenth and eleventh century. Given that the manuscript tradition of the Variae becomes visible only from the twelfth-thirteenth centuries onwards, these reuses are a good starting point to reflect on a specific question: what were the practical and contingent motivations that, in Lazio, stimulated the intellectual elites to research and reuse the Variae? By following an alternative path to that of the manuscript evidence, it is thus possible better to identify the contexts of preservation, circulation, and practical use of the Variae underlying the more evident late medieval revival.
- Keywords:
- Middle Ages,
- 10th-11th Century,
- Lazio,
- Rome,
- Cassiodorus’ Variae,
- Medieval notaries,
- Legal Renaissance,
Roma Tre University, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-9519-0166
Chapter Information
Chapter Title
The Revival of Cassiodorus’ Variae in the High Middle Ages (10th-11th century)
Authors
Internullo Dario
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3.10
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2022
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© 2022 Author(s)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title
Between Ostrogothic and Carolingian Italy
Book Subtitle
Survivals, revivals, ruptures
Editors
Fabrizio Oppedisano
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
262
Publication Year
2022
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© 2022 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3
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978-88-5518-663-6
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978-88-5518-664-3
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978-88-5518-666-7
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Reti Medievali E-Book
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2704-6362
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2704-6079