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The Lombards Neil Christie (University of Leicester)

The Lombards By Neil Christie (University of Leicester)

The Lombards by Neil Christie (University of Leicester)

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aeo First up--to--date guide to the Lombards in the English language. aeo Scholarly -- sound synthesis and original research, including up--to--date archaeological research. aeo Well--written and accessible.

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The Lombards: The Ancient Longobards by Neil Christie (University of Leicester)

This book offers a survey of the history and archaeology of the Longobards (known until recently as the Lombards), one of the many barbarian tribes who exploited the collapse of the Roman Empire.

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Evidence for the early movement of the Lombards (called Longobards by Christie) from Scandinavia to the middle Danube is primarily archaeological, inasmuch as later historical sources repeat largely unfounded muths about their origin and movement. Although this evidence does not provide a clear- cut picture of Lombard culture, it does offer a fairly clear picture of Lombard movement south-eastward in central Europe, until the historical record picks them up in the early sixth century in the former Roman province of Pannonia. There they established contact with the Byzantine Empire (which they served as mercenaries in the Gothic-Byzantine wars) and struggled with other barbarians (Gepids and Avars). The Lombards left Pannonia and descended into central Italy in 568; they succeeded in occupying most of northern and much of central Italy, creating a kingdom with its capital at Pavia. Christie (Univ. of Leicester) uses both archaeological and historical evidence to trace the Lombards from the Italian expedition to their conquest by Charlemagne in 774. The historical evidence relies heavily on the Lonbard chronicler Paul the Deacon, the Frankish Gregory of Tours, and on the Lombard law of codes. The archaeological evidence comes from the grave goods of Lombard cemeteries and from the remains of buildings (mainly ecclesiastical) in the Italian cities that became centers of Lombard administration. Extensive bibliography, numerous art plates, and a number of maps and diagrams. Choice

About Neil Christie (University of Leicester)

Neil Christie was an undergraduate and postgraduate student at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and subsequently held a Scholarship at the British School at Rome, the Sir James Knott Fellowship (Newcastle) and a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Oxford. He is currently Lecturer in Medieval Archaeology in the School of Archaeological Studies at the University of Leicester.

Table of Contents

1. Longobard Origins.

2. Longobards in Pannonia.

3. The Longobards and Italy.

4. Economy and Society.

5. Settlement and Defence in Longobard Italy.

6. Religion, Architecture and Art.

7. Benevento and beyond: Longobard Heritage?

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CIN0631211977A
9780631211976
0631211977
The Lombards: The Ancient Longobards by Neil Christie (University of Leicester)
Neil Christie (University of Leicester)
The Peoples of Europe
Used - Well Read
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
19981217
292
N/A
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