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A Carolingian suite: the Supponids in Italy until the death of Lothar (814-855)

  • Igor Santos Salazar

This chapter aims to interpret the political role and moral values that characterised the action of the first two generations of the Supponids (and in particular that of the count Adalgisus) in order to study how the emperors structured their relationship with some of the main families of the kingdom. As “resources” of the publicum, the members of this kin group were protagonists of political developments and social paths which gradually developed into a complex relationship that combined loyalty to the king with a strong aristocratic consciousness.

  • Keywords:
  • Middle Ages,
  • ninth century,
  • Italy,
  • Brescia,
  • Parma,
  • Carolingians,
  • kinship,
  • governance.,
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Igor Santos Salazar

University of Trento, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-0980-9554

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A Carolingian suite: the Supponids in Italy until the death of Lothar (814-855)

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Igor Santos Salazar

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Aristocratic networks. Elites and social dynamics in Italy in the age of Lothar I

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