Milan, Genoa and the Alps: early medieval exchanges across a region
Ross Balzaretti
&#x0D; In this contribution I consider how Milan and its inhabitants were connected both north south in the early medieval period. focus on exchanges understood as giving receiving, buying selling, leasing renting, but also encompassing more general sense of cultural interchange. All such certainly helped to connect one place (or region) another physically conceptually. As connectedness hinterland was main themes my recent book The Lands Saint Ambrose (2019) deal with that second part chapter, formation a large fundamental Milan’s importance settlement One question address throughout, is whether there any significant connections between those who lived city visited it from elsewhere, especially, given theme conference, Alps. Another aspect same though or if Mediterranean via Milan.&#x0D;
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