Italy after Charlemagne
Clemens Gantner|Walter Pohl
The present volume is the fruit of a small conference held in Vienna late April 2016 under title ‘Italy and Its Rulers Ninth Century: Was There Carolingian Italy?’. It was last event sponsored by ERC Advanced Grant Project ‘Social Cohesion, Identity Religion Early Middle Ages’ (SCIRE)1 which very successfully ran between 2011 2016. specific aim to bring together researchers working on Italy times death Charlemagne 814 Berengar I 924, emperor be crowned until 962. scope widened include period since King Pippin Italy, Charlemagne’s second-oldest son, who responsible for his premature summer 810. ninth-century kingdom still lacks an in-depth study that avoids dealing with it merely as time transition. This quite surprising, as, example, tenth century has received more studies are comprehensive. aims fill parts this gap.
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