Dark Age Liguria

Regional Identity and Local Power, c. 400-1020

AvRoss Balzaretti,Ian Wood

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Del i serien Studies in Early Medieval History

379 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Beskrivning

Dark Age Liguria surveys the history of the Liguria region from c. 400 to c. 1050 AD, to provide a detailed case study of what happened here as Roman imperial rule ended. The book pulls together all the surviving evidence, written, archaeological, artistic and ecological, to propose that, in contrast with later periods, Ligurians looked north as much as they gazed out to sea. Genoese history under Byzantines, Lombards, Carolingians and Ottonians is compared with that of other coastal settlements, including Albenga, Noli, Perti and Savona and the less-studied but fascinating inland valleys, the Aveto, Polcevera, Stura and Vara. The book draws also on more than fifteen years of fieldwork in and around the small town of Varese Ligure (La Spezia province) to suggest some new methods for investigating the Dark Age past.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-03-28
Mått:156 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt:298 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Early Medieval History
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781780930305

Utforska kategorier

Medeltiden inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Ross Balzaretti (University of Nottingham) has published widely in the field of early medieval history, especially of northern Italy. His most recent books are Ligurian Landscapes (2004, edited with Mark Pearce and Charles Watkins) and Narrative and History in the Early Medieval West (2006, edited with Elizabeth Tyler). He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews in 2010-2011 where much of Dark Age Liguria was written.

Recensioner i media

The book’s strength is in the questions it asks and the possibilities it suggests for shedding light on the obscure corners of past landscapes.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Abbreviations Maps FiguresIntroduction: Historical Ecology Villas, Castra and Villages Political Change and Social Organization Genoa: central place? Vara Valley: at the margins? Conclusion Appendix Chronology Select Bibliography Index, including inventory of sites

Mer från samma författare

Italy and Early Medieval Europe

Ross Balzaretti, Julia Barrow, Patricia Skinner

Häftad

356 kr

Italy and Early Medieval Europe

Ross Balzaretti, Ross Balzaretti, Julia Barrow, Patricia Skinner

Richard Matthew Pollard, Ian Wood

Richard Matthew Pollard, Ian Wood

Inbunden

1 406 kr