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Dalle strutture del racconto al modello culturale del lignaggio nobiliare: la Vita Mathildis di Donizone in contesto
Full text linkITALIANO: La celebre miniatura dedicatoria della Vita Mathildis di Donizone e gran parte dei paratesti
programmatici dell’opera storiografica rinviano a un contesto di comunicazione aulico: l’entourage della marchesa Matilde di Canossa. Tuttavia, la genesi del poema epico-storico si radica nel contesto socio-istituzionale del monastero di Sant’Apollonio di Canossa. Le strutture stesse del racconto e i suoi contenuti mostrano l’intersezione di questi contesti sociali. Tale intersezione determina i rapporti del poema con altri tipi di testo, le sue funzioni pragmatiche e anche la particolare rappresentazione della dinastia dei principi di cui la Vita Mathildis racconta la storia. / ENGLISH: The famous dedication miniature of the Vita Mathildis by Donizo of Canossa and most of the
programmatic paratexts of this historiographical work refer to a courtly space as communicative context: the entourage of the Marquise Matilda of Tuscany. However, the genesis of
Donizo’s epic-historical poem is embedded in the socio-institutional context of the monastery of Sant’Apollonio of Canossa. The poem’s narrative structures and contents show the intersection of these social milieus. This intersection shapes the relationships of the poem to other text types, its pragmatic functions and also the particular representation of the dynasty of princes whose history the Vita Mathildis tells
L’operosa retorica di un intellettuale cittadino del XII secolo. Damnatio memoriae e altri espedienti politici nel Liber Pergaminus di Mosè del Brolo
Full text linkENGLISH: The Chronicle of Montecassino, begun by Leo Marsicanus at the end of the eleventh century, is a huge and complex work. After outlining how and why it was begun, and the structure of the work, this study turns to the continuation of Leo’s chronicle, covering the years 1072-1138. It discusses the authorship of the continuation, and in particular the role of the final continuator Peter the Deacon, before turning to the themes and concerns of the various authors, and what these may tell us of the monastery of Montecassino during the first half of the twelfth century, at a time when the monks felt that their prestige, material interests and independence were increasingly under threat. / ITALIANO: La Cronaca di Montecassino, iniziata da Leone Marsicano alla fine del secolo XI, è un’opera vasta e complessa. Dopo aver delineato come e perché fu iniziata, e la struttura dell’opera, questo studio si rivolge alla continuazione della cronaca di Leone, che descrive gli anni dal 1072 al 1138. Si discute la paternità della continuazione, e in particolare il ruolo dell’ultimo continuatore Pietro Diacono, prima di affrontare i temi e le preoccupazioni dei vari autori, e cosa questi possono dirci del monastero di Montecassino durante la prima metà del XII secolo, in un’epoca in cui i monaci sentivano sempre più minacciati il loro prestigio, i loro interessi materiali e la loro indipendenza
Gewalt erzählen in Mailänder Geschichtswerken des 12. Jahrhunderts: Landulfs von St. Paul Historia Mediolanensis und die anonyme Narratio de Longobardie obpressione et subiectione
Full text linkGERMAN: Die Historia Mediolanensis Landulfs von St. Paul und die anonym überlieferte Narratio de Longobardie obpressione et subiectione entstanden in einem sozialen Umfeld, in dem es üblich geworden war, Konflikte mit Waffengewalt zu lösen. Die Kommune erbte diesen Habitus, demzufolge Gewalt mit geradezu alltäglicher Selbstverständlichkeit genutzt wurde, von den Gesellschaften des 11. Jahrhunderts. Der Beitrag analysiert, wie diese Kultur der Gewalt in beiden
historiographischen Texten reflektiert wird. Die Gewaltdarstellungen verdanken sich, wie gezeigt werden soll, nicht nur den jeweiligen Darstellungsabsichten, sondern auch den kulturellen Verhältnissen in der Lombardei des 12. Jahrhunderts. / ENGLISH: Landulf of St Paul’s Historia Mediolanensis and the anonymous Narratio de Longobardie obpressione et subiectione were written in an environment in which it had become normal to use armed force to fight conflicts within society. The commune inherited this habit of using violence on a daily basis from the society of the late 11th century. The article analyses how this culture of
violence was reflected in both historiographical texts. It shows that it was not only the intended messages of the two works that were decisive, but also the cultural patterns in Lombardy during the 12th centurY
Il Regno, il Principato, l’Adriatico. Secc. XII-XV. Studi in memoria di Andreas Kiesewetter
Full text linkIl Regno di Sicilia e poi di Napoli tra XII e XV secolo (con un’attenzione particolare per l’età angioina e durazzesca), il Principato di Taranto degli Angiò e degli Orsini del Balzo e le vicende del quadrante adriatico nel basso Medioevo sono stati alcuni tra i principali temi di studio dello storico Andreas Kiesewetter, venuto prematuramente a mancare nel 2021, all’età di soli 59 anni.
A lui, alla qualità ed all’ampiezza delle sue ricerche (fondate su una straordinaria capacità di reperire fonti e documenti nei più svariati fondi d’archivio di tutt’Europa) ed alla sua non comune finezza di interpretazione, di analisi e di sintesi, fu dedicato nell’ottobre del 2022 un ricco convegno internazionale, organizzato dal Dipartimento di Lettere e Beni Culturali dell’Università della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” e dal Centro Studi Medievali dell’Università del Salento.
Il volume riporta gli atti di quelle interessanti giornate di studio, svoltesi tra Napoli, Santa Maria Capua Vetere e Lecce, e nelle quali alla celebrazione ed al ricordo dell’amico e collega scomparso si unirono gli interventi di diversi studiosi che ne approfondirono temi storiografici contigui a quelli al centro delle sue ricerche. Preceduti da una prefazione dei curatori (Serena Morelli e Francesco Somaini), 14 densi contributi ripercorrono dunque gli studi di Andreas Kiesewetter o ne sviluppano alcune tra le molte questioni storiografiche da lui sollevate. Conclude il volume un prezioso elenco delle sue numerose pubblicazioni (87 contributi tra monografie e saggi, di cui non meno di 36 ripresi da importanti interventi a convegni o seminari scientifici). È un repertorio di indubbio interesse per chi volesse conoscere da vicino la vasta produzione di un valido storico o ne intendesse approfondire e riprendere le ricerche e gli studi, proseguendo lungo il fertile solco da lui tracciato o sviluppando gli innumerevoli spunti che lui seppe proporre
Carolingian Frontiers: Italy and Beyond
Full text linkImperial frontiers have been a topic of research and a source of fascination for decades. This volume deals with the Carolingian Empire, particularly Italy, collecting fifteen essays on the military, economic and social
function of the frontier; how it was ideologically conceived and physically realized from Saxony to Catalonia across the Alps and the Danube. In a rich diversity of perspectives and themes, the concept of frontier is used in its political, ideological, normative, and cultural meanings. Aim
of the volume is to offer a comprehensive picture of Carolingian frontiers against the background of the broad debate on empires and frontiers
Carolingian frontiers: Italy and beyond. An introduction
Full text linkIn this short introduction, I will cover two topics. The first is a presentation of the research project on Lothar’s rule in Italy, which is behind the conference from which this volume originated. The second is a brief discussion of the way in which the problem of the early medieval frontier
has been dealt with in Italian historiography, accompanied by an equally brief focus on the concept of frontier, which has been further developed by historians over the last thirty years, starting with the work of Charles Whittaker
Representing the space of papal government at the time of Lothar I: the claim of fines Romani
Full text linkStudying 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 which the popes claimed to exercise their jurisdiction was not necessarily that over which they actually managed to enforce their authority, especially after the fall of the Lombard
kingdom; the practices of papal government on their territory are elusive and lacking continuity.
Historiography oscillates between an either overplaying or underplaying both the papal political activity in this territory, and the consistency of papal policy. I will deal with the problem of the representation of physical boundaries of papal territory in the biographies of the popes included in the Liber pontificalis during the years of the Emperor Lothar I’s rule. Before doing so, I will dwell on the break represented by 774, the year when the lives of the popes lose their narrative sections and are reduced to a list of reports on building interventions and papal donations for the benefit of Roman churches. From 774 onwards, therefore, the action of the popes is limited to the Roman urban space. I will then deal with the lives of Paschal I (817-824), Sergius II (844-847) and Leo IV (847-855), to show how the authors of the three lives attempted, first covertly and then more openly and clearly, to address the question of how the papal territory outside Rome is actually defined in political terms
The Carolingian south-eastern frontier
Full text linkCarolingian 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 organisation, should not be seen to have been a result of
a cooperation between Rome and Charlemagne, but as an independent action by Pope Hadrian. After a successful victory against the khanate and the Treaty of Aachen, Dalmatia (excluding the remaining Byzantine possessions) as well as the parts held by the Serbs and Pannonia to
the south of the Drava river were incorporated into the march of Friuli under their own dukes. At the beginning, their position towards Cividale might have been the same as the position of Istria, but the latter became integrated into the western Empire, while Croatia and southern
Pannonia remained outside its borders. Such a development prevented the evolution of a Barbarian identity in both Istria and Lower Pannonia, which remained outside the Empire, but was more integrated into its frontier structures than Croatia. Since the time of Trpimir, Croats were
only loosely linked with the Carolingian governing structures, that resulted in their gradual creation of their own identity. We might guess that the growing influence of Byzantium on Croatian rulers played its part, as had the Hungarian invasion for Pannonia
Political landscapes in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages: the Iberian Northwest in the Context of Southern Europe. Introduction
Full text linkThis introduction defines the concept of “political landscapes” as the spatialisation of political action through the creation of territories. In the early Middle Ages, elites and states played a lesser role than in the Roman Empire or the Central Middle Ages in the construction of those “political landscapes”. However, social agency of local communities and “micropolitics” increased their centrality and they coexisted with elite initiatives. Finally, the arguments that organise the book are presented: residences, territories, “central places” and churches as places that focused the local arenas
Domus uel curtis. Residencia campesina, propiedad y explotación agraria en la Hispania visigoda
Full text linkESPAÑOL: La contraposición domus uel curtis recogida por una ley de Chindasvinto nos pone en contacto con un problema esencial de la propiedad y la explotación de la tierra en la Hispania tardoantigua. La contraposición parece implicar una vinculación fluida entre la residencia y la explotación de la propiedad campesina que implica todo un entorno edilicio y productivo. El término curtis constituye el problema central de la ley, para su comprensión no queda sino recurrir al desarrollo de la misma, enmarcada en un contexto de violencia campesina, tanto entre propietarios y dependientes como entre hombres libres. A partir de su análisis se muestra un modelo de funcionamiento de la propiedad y de las relaciones de producción campesinas en el contexto de las últimas décadas del reino visigodo. / ENGLISH: The contraposition domus uel curtis, taken up by a law of Chindasvinto, brings us into contact with an essential problem of land ownership and exploitation in Late Antique Hispania. The contraposition seems to imply a fluid link between residence and the exploitation of peasant
property involving a whole building and productive environment. The term curtis constitutes the central problem of the law, and to understand it we can only turn to the development of the law, framed in a context of peasant violence, both between owners and dependents and between
free men. It shows a model of the functioning of property and peasant production relationships in the frame of the last decades of the Visigothic kingdom