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The "other", identity, and memory in early medieval Italy
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Title
The "other", identity, and memory in early medieval Italy / Luigi Andrea Berto.
ISBN
1000514528
1000514536
1003109616
9781000514520
9781000514537
9781003109617
0367625377
9780367625375
9780367625399
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
Copyright Notice Date
©2023
Physical Description
1 online resource (vi, 211 pages)
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Biographical / Historical Note
Luigi Andrea Berto is professor of Medieval History at Western Michigan University, USA. His research focuses on Medieval Italy and the Mediterranean, with a special interest in the use of the past in the medieval and modern periods, and the relationships between Christians and Muslims.
Summary
The political fragmentation of Italy⁰́₄created by Charlemagne's conquest of a part of the Lombard kingdom in 774 and the weakening of the Byzantine Empire in the eighth and ninth centuries⁰́₄, the conquest of Sicily by the Muslims in the ninth century, and the Norman ⁰́₈conquest' of southern Italy in the second half of the eleventh century favored the creation of areas inhabited by persons with different ethnic, religious, and cultural background. Moreover, this period witnessed the increase in production of historical writing in different parts of Italy. Taking advantage of these features, this volume presents some case studies about the manner in which ⁰́₈others' were perceived, what was known about them, the role of identity, and the use of the past in early medieval Italy (ninth ⁰́₃ eleventh centuries) focusing in particular on how early medieval Italian authors portrayed that period and were, sometimes, influenced by their own ⁰́₈present' in their reconstruction of the past. The book will appeal to scholars and students of otherness, identity, and memory in early medieval Italy, as well as all those interested in medieval Europe.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Berto, Luigi Andrea. "Other", identity, and memory in early medieval Italy. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2023
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
Studies in medieval history and culture
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
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