Literacy in Lombard Italy, c.568-774 / Edition 4

by Nicholas Everett

Overview

This book examines the evidence for literacy in early medieval Italy under the rule of the Lombards, the last of the barbarian invaders who established a kingdom in north and central Italy from 568 to 774. By examining different kinds of written documentation (legislation, charters, inscriptions and manuscripts), the study reveals that Lombard Italy actually possessed a relatively sophisticated written culture prior to the so-called Carolingian Renaissance of the ninth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521819053
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/21/2003
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series , #53
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	402
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.06(d)

About the Author

Nicholas Everett is Lecturer in History, University of Sheffield.

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Italy and literacy before the Lombards; 2. The early Lombards and their settlement in Italy; 3. Language and literacy (i) Lombard language (ii) Latin; 4. Law and government; 5. Charters; 6. Inscriptions; 7. Manuscripts; Conclusion.

Editorial Reviews

"This book is full of sparkling observations. Everett heaps up possibilities...Everett has without any doubt changed forever how we will think about Lombard Italy." - Thomas F. X. Noble, University of Notre Dame

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