Could you just sign this for me John? Doctors, charters and occupational identity in early medieval northern and central Italy
Clare Pilsworth
Despite intensive study of the texts and manuscripts that have been attributed to medical ‘schola’ in late antique Ravenna, there has no systematic investigation evidence for doctors active north Rome c.500–900 AD. This article examines how other practitioners fade into background early medieval source material, whereas, thanks largely surviving charters, elite – medici– remain visible. The careers three contrasting a learned medicus royal Lombard doctor, cleric Iohannes Lucca are analysed. I argue very process signing charters could strengthen their occupational identity.
Early Medieval Europe