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Chapter Representing the space of papal government at the time of Lothar I: the claim of fines Romani
(2024)
Studying the extent of the physical space over which papal policy was implemented between the late eighth and ninth centuries is extremely complex. The sources are ambiguous and difficult to interpret: the territory over ...
Chapter The Carolingian south-eastern frontier
(2024)
Carolingian influences on the east of Istria and Carniola can be traced since the beginning of the wars against the Avars and the conflict with Byzantium. Papal undertakings in Dalmatia, regarding the revival of ecclesiastical ...
Chapter Frontiers as zones of public overinvestment: fortresses, ditches, and walls in the northern frontier of the Carolingian Empire
(2024)
The aim of this article is to analyse the infrastructural investments made by the Franks to pacify Saxony, and to secure the control of the Elbe River territories. I will mostly use the written sources of the Carolingian ...
Chapter Border pacts and frontier areas in Carolingian Italy
(2024)
Border pacts are an Italian peculiarity in the early Middle Ages. They indicate the existence of a traditional and specific practice of agreements between different powers coexisting on the Italian territory, which is much ...
Chapter Fiscal resources and political competition on the periphery of the Carolingian empire: some Catalan examples (9th century)
(2024)
By analysing diplomas and judicial documents recording disputes in the Carolingian counties located in the eastern Pyrenees, this chapter aims to analyse how fiscal assets constituted an important political resource for ...
Chapter Alternate currencies, bills of exchange and warfare in Trecento Italy
(2024)
The connection between war and cash payments (gold/silver) has long been a staple of military history: a largely self-contained field that has stood apart from monetary history. The present essay examines the use of alternate ...
