- Between Ostrogothic and Carolingian Italy
- A cura di Fabrizio Oppedisano
Epigraphic Stratigraphy: is There Any Trace of the Ostrogoths in Early Medieval “Layers” (6th-9th Century)?
- Flavia Frauzel
- © 2022 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3.11
The short but significant experiment of the Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy left politically ephemeral albeit culturally surprisingly durable traces in the peninsula. Among them, epigraphy takes centre stage when discussing decrees, laws, and public documents, which are a direct expression of the rulers’ will to gain greater visibility and disseminate their voice. However, epigraphy is also crucial to knowing the names, professions, ideas, and other concepts relating to the ordinary people. This contribution aims to examine a number of issues concerning controversial Germanic names datable between the VIth and VIIth century AD, and variably assigned to Ostrogoths, Lombards, and even Carolingians characters; through the lens of these durable materials, which – ironically enough – are monuments both recording contemporary propaganda and everyday life facets, the article will also explore the graphic and epigraphic changes which occurred in Italy between the VIth-IXth centuries.
- Keywords:
- Early Middle Ages,
- Late Antiquity,
- Ostrogoths,
- Lombards,
- Germanic names,
- Epigraphy,
- Paleography,
CAMNES, Center for Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, Italy
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Titolo del capitolo
Epigraphic Stratigraphy: is There Any Trace of the Ostrogoths in Early Medieval “Layers” (6th-9th Century)?
Autori
Flavia Frauzel
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3.11
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
Copyright
© 2022 Author(s)
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Informazioni bibliografiche
Titolo del libro
Between Ostrogothic and Carolingian Italy
Sottotitolo del libro
Survivals, revivals, ruptures
Curatori
Fabrizio Oppedisano
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
262
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
Copyright
© 2022 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-663-6
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-664-3
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-666-7
Collana
Reti Medievali E-Book
ISSN della collana
2704-6362
e-ISSN della collana
2704-6079