Table of Contents
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. The Muslims in the historical works of early medieval southern Italy
2. The image of the Byzantines in the chronicles of early medieval southern Italy
3. Among two empires and dangerous neighbors: Byzantines, Franks, Lombards, and Muslims in ninth-century Naples
4. Invaders, dangerous allies, and hated neighbors: Ninth-century southern Lombard views of the Franks and the Neapolitans
5. The Venetians and the 'other' in the early Middle Ages: Definitions and perceptions
6. History and ethnic pride in southern Italy at the end of the ninth century
7. A difficult memory to manage: Narrating the relationships between bishops and dukes in early medieval Naples
8. Oblivion, memory, and irony in ninth-century Montecassino
9. Old and new invaders: Lombards and Franks in Italian Carolingian memory
Bibliography
Index.