Introduction / Stefano Gasparri and Sauro Gelichi
The first dukes and the origins of Venice / Stefano Gasparri
Archival documents as narrative the sources of the Istoria Veneticorum and the Plea of Rizana / Annamaria Pazienza
The waterfront of Istria: sea and identity in the post-Roman Adriatic / Francesco Borri
Disputes and connections: Venice's affairs in the Regnum Italiae / Chiara Provesi
The Insula Equilus: a lagoon community in the early Middle Ages / Silvia Cadamuro, Alessandra Cianciosi and Claudio Negrelli
Setting the scene: the role of Sant'ilario Monastery in early Medieval Venice in light of recent landscape studies / Elisa Corro, Cecilia Moine and Sandra Primon
Comacchio: a liminal community in a nodal point during the early Middle Ages / Sauro Gelichi
Conclusion / Sauro Gelichi and Stefano Gasparri.