In search of the first Venetians : prosopography of early medieval Venice / by Luigi Andrea Berto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berto, Luigi Andrea.

Series:

Studies in the early Middle Ages ; v. 41.

Studies in the early Middle Ages

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Venice (Italy)--History--697-1508--Biography.

Venice (Italy).

Venice (Italy)--History--To 697--Biography.

Italy--Venice.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vi, 485 pages : map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout : Brepols, [2014]

Summary:

This series focuses on Western Europe in the Early Middle Ages and covers work in the areas of history, language & literature, archeology, art history and religious studies. It brings together current scholarship on early medieval Britain with scholarship on western continental Europe and Viking Scandinavia; these areas have more traditionally been studied separately or in terms of the interaction of discrete cultures and regions. As well as advocating new approaches across geographical and political divisions, this series spans the conventional distinctions between-Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages on the one hands, and the Early Middle Ages and the twelfth century on the other. This prosopographical study provides information about each Venetian living in the early Middle Ages, from the invasion of the Lombards in 569 - an action that forced part of northeast Italy's population to seek refuge on the islands of the Venetian lagoon - to the rule of Duke Petrus Ursoylus II (991-1008). There is an entry for each individual listing all available information and quoting the full text of primary sources within the footnotes. The data are organized in categories such as families, first names, rulers, women, office holders, ecclesiastics, occupations, and places of residence (Venice was a duchy with different urban centres). Venice is an extremely important place for this kind of analysis. It is the area in which family name use began for the first time in medieval Europe. Venice was never conquered by a 'Germanic' people, and therefore it is possible to study the evolution of a post-Roman/Byzantine society by analyzing the names of the Venetians. Moreover, scholars interested in later periods will be able to find the origins of all the most important Venetian families. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Early Medieval Venetians 35.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [477]-485).

ISBN:

9782503541013

2503541011

OCLC:

869264511