Power and Patronage in Early Medieval Italy - Local Society, Italian Politics and the Abbey of Farfa, C.700-900

Klappentext Discusses the nature of political power in early medieval Italy. Zusammenfassung Offers a perspective on central Italy! an area of early medieval Europe where political developments held most significance for the future! and where the power and aspirations of Lombard kings! Byzantine emperors! the rising dynasty of Charlemagne and the popes overlapped. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Patronage and Lombard rulers; 3. Authority, rulership and the abbey; 4. The Farfa monks and abbots: identities and affiliations; 5. Sabine lands and landowners; 6. Elite families in the Sabina; 7. Farfa and Italian politics in the Lombard era; 8. Farfa, Italian politics and the Carolingians.

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• Authors: Marios Costambeys, Marios (University of Liverpool) Costambeys, Costambeys Marios
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2011
• EAN: 9780521178303
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17830-3
• No. of pages: 410
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series; Cambridge Studies in Medieval; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, CE period up to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE