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The struggle for (self-)integration. Manuscripts, liturgy and networks in Verona at the time of Bishop Ratold (c. 802-840/3)

  • Francesco Veronese

Between the 780s and the 840s the episcopal see of Verona was held by bishops coming from beyond the Alps, appointed by the Carolingian rulers and charged with control over a prestigious and strategically key bishopric. They were called upon to boost the communications between the local elites and the political and social machinery of the Carolingian world. In order to achieve that, they first had to negotiate their own integration in their new field of action, and to be acknowledged as effective political mediators between Verona and the rulers. The tools they used to do that were, on the one hand, their own skills and previous experience, on the other, the centre for textual production, preservation and dissemination they found in Verona, that is, the cathedral scriptorium and library. The books that can be attributed to them allow us to keep trace of the networks of relationships and cultural exchanges they developed, linking the two sides of the Alps. This paper focuses more specifically on the activities and endeavours of Bishop Ratold (c. 802-840). The liturgical and hagiographical manuscripts produced in Verona in that period are examined as key markers of Ratold’s intellectual networks, and of the ways in which he used them for his own need for self-integration. They also provide elements casting light on the introduction and reception of the Carolingian cultural reforms in the Kingdom of Italy.

  • Keywords:
  • Middle Ages,
  • 9th century,
  • North-Eastern Italy,
  • Verona,
  • Reichenau,
  • Ratold,
  • liturgical manuscripts,
  • Carolingian religious reforms.,
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Francesco Veronese

University of Padua, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-2189-1485

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  • Publication Year: 2022
  • Pages: 67-90
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Chapter Information

Chapter Title

The struggle for (self-)integration. Manuscripts, liturgy and networks in Verona at the time of Bishop Ratold (c. 802-840/3)

Authors

Francesco Veronese

Language

English

DOI

10.36253/978-88-5518-623-0.05

Peer Reviewed

Publication Year

2022

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© 2022 Author(s)

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CC BY 4.0

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CC0 1.0

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Book Title

Networks of bishops, networks of texts

Book Subtitle

Manuscripts, legal cultures, tools of government in Carolingian Italy at the time of Lothar I

Editors

Gianmarco De Angelis, Francesco Veronese

Peer Reviewed

Number of Pages

232

Publication Year

2022

Copyright Information

© 2022 Author(s)

Content License

CC BY 4.0

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CC0 1.0

Publisher Name

Firenze University Press

DOI

10.36253/978-88-5518-623-0

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978-88-5518-622-3

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978-88-5518-623-0

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978-88-5518-625-4

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Reti Medievali E-Book

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2704-6362

Series E-ISSN

2704-6079

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