- Between Ostrogothic and Carolingian Italy
- A cura di Fabrizio Oppedisano
Ostrogoths vs. Franks: Imagining the Past in the Middle Ages
- Fabrizio Oppedisano
- © 2022 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3.04
This introductory essay aims at highlighting some aspects concerning the connections between the Ostrogoths and Franks in the Middle Ages. To this end, cases from different contexts and chronologies have been examined: firstly, Giovanni Villani’s chronicle, which conveys a polarized image of the Gothic and Carolingian worlds; and then some testimonies from the ninth century, that use the Ostrogothic model in connection with the present in a more complex and ambivalent manner. The various interpretations of the Gothic world are linked by a tendency to emphasize historical analogies, that leads to an overall and protracted disinterest in the specific forms of Ostrogothic society and in work that most documents it, Cassiodorus’ Variae.
- Keywords:
- Middle Ages,
- Communal Age,
- Carolingian Age,
- Florence,
- Giovanni Villani,
- Walahfrid Strabo,
- Cassiodorus,
- Franks,
- Ostrogoths,
- Political Use of History,
Scuola Normale of Pisa, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-4259-6282
Informazioni sul capitolo
Titolo del capitolo
Ostrogoths vs. Franks: Imagining the Past in the Middle Ages
Autori
Fabrizio Oppedisano
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-664-3.04
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2022
Copyright
© 2022 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
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)
Licenza d'uso
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