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After Charlemagne After Charlemagne’s death in 814, Italy was ruled by a succession of kings and emperors, all of whom could claim some relation to the Carolingians, some via the female line of succession. This study offers new perspectives on the fascinating but neglected period of Italy in the ninth century and the impact of Carolingian culture. Bringing together someoftheforemostscholarsonearlymedievalItaly,AfterCharlemagne offers thefirst comprehensive overviewofthe period,and also presents newresearchonItalianpolitics,culture,societyandeconomy,fromthe death of Charlemagne to the assassination of Berengar I in 924. Revealing Italy as a multifaceted peninsula, the authors address the governanceandexpansionofCarolingianItaly,examiningrelationswith theotherCarolingiankingdoms,aswellasthosewiththeItaliansouth, thepapacyandtheByzantineempire.Exploringtopicsonaregionaland locallevelaswellaspresentinga‘bigpicture’oftheItalianorLombard kingdom, thisvolumeprovidesnew andexciting answerstothecentral question:HowCarolingianwas‘CarolingianItaly’? clemens gantner is Researcher at the Department for Historical Identity Research at the Institute for Medieval Research, Austrian AcademyofSciences,wherehisresearchisfocussedonearlymedieval Italy and intra- and intercultural communication around the Mediterranean. He is the author of Freunde Roms und Völker der Finsternis (2014) and editor of The Resources of the Past in Early Medieval Europe (2015), and is preparing a monograph on Louis II, great-grandson of Charlemagne and emperor in Italy in the ninth century. walter pohl is Professor of History at the Institute for Austrian HistoricalResearch,UniversityofViennaandDirectoroftheInstitute for Medieval Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences. His research addressesmanyaspectsofearlymedievalhistory,withaspecialinterest inItaly.HispublicationsincludeTheAvars:ASteppeEmpireinCentral Europe,567–822(2018),StrategiesofIdentification:EthnicityandReligion in Early Medieval Europe, ed. Walter Pohl and Gerda Heydemann (2013) and over 200 journal articles. In 2004 he was awarded the Wittgenstein Prize, and he has been a recipient of an ERC Advanced Grant(2010)andaSynergyGrant(2019). Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. 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Forschungsinstitut, on 11 Jan 2021 at 17:44:02, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use , available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887762 UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre,New Delhi–110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06-04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108840774 DOI:10.1017/9781108887762 ©CambridgeUniversityPress2021 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2021 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. ISBN978-1-108-84077-4Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Forschungsinstitut, on 11 Jan 2021 at 17:44:02, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use , available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887762 After Charlemagne After Charlemagne’s death in 814, Italy was ruled by a succession of kings and emperors, all of whom could claim some relation to the Carolingians, some via the female line of succession. This study offers new perspectives on the fascinating but neglected period of Italy in the ninth century and the impact of Carolingian culture. Bringing together someoftheforemostscholarsonearlymedievalItaly,AfterCharlemagne offers thefirst comprehensive overviewofthe period,and also presents newresearchonItalianpolitics,culture,societyandeconomy,fromthe death of Charlemagne to the assassination of Berengar I in 924. Revealing Italy as a multifaceted peninsula, the authors address the governanceandexpansionofCarolingianItaly,examiningrelationswith theotherCarolingiankingdoms,aswellasthosewiththeItaliansouth, thepapacyandtheByzantineempire.Exploringtopicsonaregionaland locallevelaswellaspresentinga‘bigpicture’oftheItalianorLombard kingdom, thisvolumeprovidesnew andexciting answerstothecentral question:HowCarolingianwas‘CarolingianItaly’? clemens gantner is Researcher at the Department for Historical Identity Research at the Institute for Medieval Research, Austrian AcademyofSciences,wherehisresearchisfocussedonearlymedieval Italy and intra- and intercultural communication around the Mediterranean. He is the author of Freunde Roms und Völker der Finsternis (2014) and editor of The Resources of the Past in Early Medieval Europe (2015), and is preparing a monograph on Louis II, great-grandson of Charlemagne and emperor in Italy in the ninth century. walter pohl is Professor of History at the Institute for Austrian HistoricalResearch,UniversityofViennaandDirectoroftheInstitute for Medieval Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences. His research addressesmanyaspectsofearlymedievalhistory,withaspecialinterest inItaly.HispublicationsincludeTheAvars:ASteppeEmpireinCentral Europe,567–822(2018),StrategiesofIdentification:EthnicityandReligion in Early Medieval Europe, ed. Walter Pohl and Gerda Heydemann (2013) and over 200 journal articles. In 2004 he was awarded the Wittgenstein Prize, and he has been a recipient of an ERC Advanced Grant(2010)andaSynergyGrant(2019). Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Forschungsinstitut, on 11 Jan 2021 at 17:44:00, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use , available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887762 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Forschungsinstitut, on 11 Jan 2021 at 17:44:00, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use , available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887762 After Charlemagne Carolingian Italy and its Rulers Edited by Clemens Gantner AustrianAcademyofSciences Walter Pohl AustrianAcademyofSciences Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Forschungsinstitut, on 11 Jan 2021 at 17:44:00, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use , available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887762 UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre,New Delhi–110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06-04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108840774 DOI:10.1017/9781108887762 ©CambridgeUniversityPress2021 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2021 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. ISBN978-1-108-84077-4Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Forschungsinstitut, on 11 Jan 2021 at 17:44:00, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use , available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887762 After Charlemagne After Charlemagne’s death in 814, Italy was ruled by a succession of kings and emperors, all of whom could claim some relation to the Carolingians, some via the female line of succession. This study offers new perspectives on the fascinating but neglected period of Italy in the ninth century and the impact of Carolingian culture. Bringing together someoftheforemostscholarsonearlymedievalItaly,AfterCharlemagne offers thefirst comprehensive overviewofthe period,and also presents newresearchonItalianpolitics,culture,societyandeconomy,fromthe death of Charlemagne to the assassination of Berengar I in 924. Revealing Italy as a multifaceted peninsula, the authors address the governanceandexpansionofCarolingianItaly,examiningrelationswith theotherCarolingiankingdoms,aswellasthosewiththeItaliansouth, thepapacyandtheByzantineempire.Exploringtopicsonaregionaland locallevelaswellaspresentinga‘bigpicture’oftheItalianorLombard kingdom, thisvolumeprovidesnew andexciting answerstothecentral question:HowCarolingianwas‘CarolingianItaly’? clemens gantner is Researcher at the Department for Historical Identity Research at the Institute for Medieval Research, Austrian AcademyofSciences,wherehisresearchisfocussedonearlymedieval Italy and intra- and intercultural communication around the Mediterranean. He is the author of Freunde Roms und Völker der Finsternis (2014) and editor of The Resources of the Past in Early Medieval Europe (2015), and is preparing a monograph on Louis II, great-grandson of Charlemagne and emperor in Italy in the ninth century. walter pohl is Professor of History at the Institute for Austrian HistoricalResearch,UniversityofViennaandDirectoroftheInstitute for Medieval Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences. His research addressesmanyaspectsofearlymedievalhistory,withaspecialinterest inItaly.HispublicationsincludeTheAvars:ASteppeEmpireinCentral Europe,567–822(2018),StrategiesofIdentification:EthnicityandReligion in Early Medieval Europe, ed. Walter Pohl and Gerda Heydemann (2013) and over 200 journal articles. In 2004 he was awarded the Wittgenstein Prize, and he has been a recipient of an ERC Advanced Grant(2010)andaSynergyGrant(2019). Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Forschungsinstitut, on 11 Jan 2021 at 17:44:01, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use , available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887762 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. Forschungsinstitut, on 11 Jan 2021 at 17:44:01, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use , available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108887762

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