{"title":"A Tale of Three Cities","authors":"V. West-Harling","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198754206.003.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198754206.003.0002","url":null,"abstract":"After a brief recall of Italian history from late antiquity to 750, this chapter provides a city-by-city history from the end of the Exarchate to 1000. The history of Rome follows the Lombard crises and the end of Byzantine rule, Frankish/Carolingian domination, the events of the Kingdom of Italy, aristocratic rule, and the attempted Ottonian control over the city. Ravenna’s three narrative strands are the aftermath of the autocephaly conflict, the anti-papal policies of most archbishops throughout the Byzantine then Carolingian period, and lastly the renewed prestige of the city under the Ottonian emperors. For Venice, the narrative follows the origins (imagined and probable) of the city, its succession of ducal families, and its attempt always to create a balance between its official Byzantine dependence and its grounding in the north Adriatic space","PeriodicalId":294016,"journal":{"name":"Rome, Ravenna, and Venice, 750-1000","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114573170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Stage","authors":"V. West-Harling","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198754206.003.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198754206.003.0005","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter sets out the stage on which the actors evolve and their ‘props’: places of power and instruments of control. Places studied are the residences of the rulers and the elites (palaces), and those of the saints (churches and monasteries), with their founders, patrons, relics, and liturgy. Instruments of control are firstly through manifestations of power: charity and assistance, art and architecture. Statements of power are made through titulature, the dating of documents, coinage, and objects of power such as emblems, symbols, and gifts","PeriodicalId":294016,"journal":{"name":"Rome, Ravenna, and Venice, 750-1000","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123741109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Concluding Thoughts","authors":"V. West-Harling","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780198754206.003.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198754206.003.0008","url":null,"abstract":"This study has shown that, notwithstanding the strength of the ‘Roman’ past of these 3 post-Byzantine cities, there are considerable differences between them both quantitatively and qualitatively as to the understanding, use or interest. This tradition meant different things to different city actors, and in practice, it was often and increasingly mixed up with the other traditions, Lombard and Frankish especially, which made up the lifestyle of other Italian cities and regions. To what extent these cities were unique or different from other Byzantine ones, such as Naples, or to those without this tradition, such as Pavia or Milan, would be a most desirable follow-up in another study.","PeriodicalId":294016,"journal":{"name":"Rome, Ravenna, and Venice, 750-1000","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114220247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}