Title: A companion to Byzantine Italy /
Authors: Cosentino, Salvatore
Year: 2021
Subjects: Civilization; Italy Civilization; Byzantine Empire Civilization; Byzantine Empire; Italy
Abstract: "This book offers a collection of essays on Byzantine Italy, the area from which we have inherited the richest and best-preserved historical evidence among all of the regions of the former Eastern Roman Empire up to the 11th century. The collection aims to provide readers with a critical overview of current research as well as new insights concerning political, institutional, economic, social, cultural and environmental aspects of the Italian regions under Byzantine rule. The methodological approach of the volume combines history with archaeology and art history, while remaining focused on the general framework of the early medieval Mediterranean. The result is a fresh and up-to-date synthesis that can be useful both for specialists and students. Contributors are Lucia Arcifa, Paul Arthur, Isabella Baldini, Massimo Bernabo, Brunella Bruno, Salvatore Cosentino, Nathaniel Cutajar, Francesco D'Aiuto, Paola Degni, Deborah Deliyannis, Vera von Falkenhausen, Sauro Gelichi, Federico Marazzi, Jean-Marie Martin, Alessandra Molinari, Enrico Morini, Annliese Nef, Ghislaine Noye, Annick Peters-Custot, Vivien Prigent, Mario Re, Denis Sami, Pier Giorgio Spanu, Enrico Zanini"--
Contents: Politics and society / Salvatore Cosentino -- Ecclesiastic life and its institutions / Salvatore Cosentino -- Monastic life and its institutions / Enrico Morini -- Byzantine administration and the army / Vivien Prigent -- Byzantines and Lombards: the old and the young: Byzantium in Italy, or how it was condemned to be the representative of an antiquated Roman identity / Federico Marazzi -- Byzantium and Islam in Southern Italy (7th-11th Century) / Annliese Nef -- Greek communities in Post-Byzantine Italy / Annick Peters-Custot -- The network of interregional roads and harbours / Denis Sami -- Rural economy: organization, exploitation and resources / Jean-Marie Martin -- Non-agricultural items: local production, importation and redistribution / Enrico Zanini -- Mints, coin production and circulation / Vivien Prigent -- Venice, the exarchate and the Pentapolis / Sauro Gelichi -- Rome and the Roman Duchy / Alessandra Molinari -- Byzantine Naples and Gaeta / Federico Marazzi -- Byzantine Calabria / Ghislaine Noyé -- Byzantine Apulia / Paul Arthur -- Byzantine Sicily / Lucia Arcifa -- Byzantine Sardinia / Pier Giorgio Spanu -- Byzantine Malta / Brunella Bruno and Nathaniel Cutajar -- Greek and Latin in Byzantine Italy (6th-11th Century) / Vera von Falkenhausen -- Bishops, cities, and historical memory in Byzantine Italy / Deborah M. Deliyannis -- Telling the sanctity in Byzantine Italy / Mario Re -- Devotion and prayer in Byzantine Italy / Francesco D'Aiuto -- Medieval art in Italy and Byzantium (ca. 550-1050): a Viaticum / Massimo Bernabò -- Conceiving social space in Byzantine Italy: monumental architecture and building typologies / Isabella Baldini -- Literary and book production in Byzantine Italy / Paola Degni -- Legal texts and juridical practice in Byzantine Italy / Cristina Rognoni.