Age of Liutprand

Dynamics of Power in Eighth-Century Italy

AvChristopher Heath,Ian Wood

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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The Age of Liutprand provides a thematic analysis of Lombard Italy in the pivotal early part of the 8th century. It surveys the crucial role and rule of Liutprand [712-44], the powerful and effective Lombard king. By restoring this successful exemplar of Lombard kingship to the centre of events and developments in the Italian peninsula, this book pulls together all the pertinent evidence for a ‘new’ kingship in Lombard Italy that used a sophisticated set of strategies to enhance, deepen and expand its effectiveness. In presenting an evaluation of Italy on the cusp of dramatic change, this book explains how not only the kingship of Liutprand, but also his legal reforms and his relationships with the Church and neighbouring peoples all contributed to a model of kingship successfully and subsequently deployed by Charlemagne and his successors later in the 8th century.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-12-12
Mått:158 x 236 x 18 mm
Vikt:500 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Early Medieval History
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350168343

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Christopher Heath is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the University of Lincoln and author of The Narrative Worlds of Paul the Deacon: Between Empires and Identities in Lombard Italy (2017) and co-editor (with Robert Houghton) of Conflict and Violence in Medieval Italy 568-1154 (2022).

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So there remains more to say about Liutprand, or at least about early eighth-century Lombard Italy. (The period after 750 is better covered by others.) But Heath’s book is an excellent start, straightforward and direct, not avoiding problems and effective at encompassing them.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: The Contexts of Lombard Italy: The Catholic Dynasty and Ansprand2. ‘Powerful in war and Merciful to Offenders’ [712-26] 3. Legum Augmentator: Governance and Law4. Vir Multae Sapientiae: Liutprand's Wars and Peace [727-44]5. Liutprand and the Church6. ‘Keeping the Peace’: Byzantium, the Franks, Avars and Bavarians7. Conclusions: Liutprand as Nutritor Gentis of the LombardsBibliographyIndex