Ethnic Identity, Memory, and Use of the Past in Italy's 'Dark Ages'
Department
History
Document Type
Book
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Description
This volume examines the Italian peninsula in the early Middle Ages by focusing on research fields such as ethnic identity, memory, and use of the past. Particular attention is devoted to the way some authors were influenced by their own 'present' in their reconstruction of the past. The political and cultural fragmentation of Italy during the early Middles Ages, created by the Lombards' invasion of a part of the Peninsula in the late-sixth century and early-seventh century, Charlemagne's conquest of a part of the Lombard Kingdom in 774, and by the weakening of the Byzantine Empire in the eighth and ninth centuries, make this part of Europe a special area for exploring continuities and discontinuities between the Roman and the post-Roman periods in Western Europe. Across the volume, Berto examines the problems that the features of primary sources and their scarcity pose to their interpretations. Ethnic Identity, Memory, and Use of the Past in Italy's 'Dark Ages' is the ideal resource for upper level undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars interested in the relationship between Italy and Europe during the Middle Ages.
Call number in WMU's library
DG511.15 .B47 2022 (Waldo Library WMU Authors Collection, First Floor)
ISBN
9781032101002
Publication Date
2022
Disciplines
European History
Recommended Citation
Berto, Luigi Andrea, "Ethnic Identity, Memory, and Use of the Past in Italy's 'Dark Ages'" (2022). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 895.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/895