- Between Ostrogothic and Carolingian Italy
- Edited by Fabrizio Oppedisano
The Centres of Public Power Between the Cities and the Countryside, in the Light of the Recent Archaeology (Italian Peninsula, Late 5th-9th Century)
- Federico Cantini
- © 2022 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3.12
The paper aims to illustrate, especially through the results of recent archaeological studies, the articulation and forms of the centres of public power between the Gothic and the Carolingian periods, in the dialectic between the city as a seat of the institutions and their protagonists, and the countryside, which contains the production centres and controls their resources. We will consider the Italian territory, with a focus on Tuscany, and propose some comparisons with the rest of Europe. An architectural, artistic and topographical resilience emerges. It is probably the consequence of the continuity of a series of elements: the public ownership of particular urban and suburban areas and palaces, as well as of rural strategic sites; the use of languages and models of the Late Roman aristocracy, and the economic impoverishment of the early medieval rulers.
- Keywords:
- Early Middle Ages,
- Late Antiquity,
- 5th-9th Century,
- Italy,
- Tuscany,
- Public Power Centers,
University of Pisa, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-0586-7968
Chapter Information
Chapter Title
The Centres of Public Power Between the Cities and the Countryside, in the Light of the Recent Archaeology (Italian Peninsula, Late 5th-9th Century)
Authors
Federico Cantini
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3.12
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
Copyright Information
© 2022 Author(s)
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Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-663-6
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-664-3
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-666-7
Series Title
Reti Medievali E-Book
Series ISSN
2704-6362
Series E-ISSN
2704-6079