Charlemagne's involvement in central and southern Italy: power and the limits of authority
G.V.B. West
This article is an overview of political developments in southern Italy during Charlemagne's reign. Traditionally the historiography has approached this topic from a Carolingian or papal perspective. Without denying reality both and influence, argues that neither these institutions exercised predominant influence period, much as they may have wished to. Rather pattern (and to extent ideological) development area was determined by series compromises dictated self‐interest limits power. therefore deals turn with evidence concerning main protagonists south: abbey Farfa, dukes Spoleto, monasteries Monte Cassino San Vincenzo al Volturno princes Benevento. The goes on argue activities are driven self‐interest. Finally paper concludes 790s there change way government worked, at least Spoleto.
Early Medieval Europe