To be the daughter of Saint Peter: S. Petronilla and forging the Franco-Papal Alliance
Caroline Goodson
Book synopsis: A comparative history of Rome, Ravenna and Venice through an exploration their post-Byzantine identity before 1000.
This volume presents most the papers given at a workshop held in Oxford All Souls College 2014, part research project which focuses on Northern Central Byzantine Italy between 750 1000, proposes comparison development three cities: Venice, Rome. These cities share common feature, is to find themselves outside framework Longobard-Frankish power society. them allows us glimpse political, social cultural areas points reference inherited from past remain always more ‘Roman’ than ‘Longobard’ or ‘Frankish’. have geopolitical characteristics make very different each other: one effectively independent Frankish Ottonian (Venice), second formally but nevertheless much involved with politics (Rome), third becomes increasingly integral imperial system (Ravenna). The analysis proposed here therefore includes political ideological practice as well self-representation material culture. It aims discuss convergences divergences realities rhetoric, images ideology, early medieval Italy’s empires, highlight ways these contributed creating cultures societies cities. Ultimately, its aim illuminate factors created social, cultural, religious, artistic based perception both contemporary environments.
Seminari del Centro interuniversitario per la storia e l’archeologia dell’alto medioevo