Ravenna: Its Role in Earlier Medieval Change and Exchange

384 Pages·2016·10.256 MB·English

by  Judith Herrin, Jinty Nelson (eds.)

Ravenna
its role in earlier medieval
change and exchange

Ravenna
its role in earlier medieval
change and exchange
Edited by
Judith Herrin and Jinty Nelson
LONDON
INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Published by
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDY
INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
First published in print in 2016 (ISBN 978‑1‑909646‑14‑8)
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ISBN 978‑1‑909646‑72‑8 (PDF edition)
DOI: 10.14296/917.9781909646728
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Contents
Acknowledgements vii
List of contributors ix
List of illustrations xiii
Abbreviations xvii
Introduction 1
Judith Herrin and Jinty Nelson
1. A tale of two cities: Rome and Ravenna under Gothic rule 15
Peter Heather
2. Episcopal commemoration in late fifth‑century Ravenna 39
Deborah M. Deliyannis
3. Production, promotion and reception: the visual culture
of Ravenna between late antiquity and the middle ages 53
Maria Cristina Carile
4. Ravenna in the sixth century: the archaeology of change 87
Carola Jäggi
5. The circulation of marble in the Adriatic Sea at the time
of Justinian 111
Yuri A. Marano
6. Social instability and economic decline of the Ostrogothic
community in the aftermath of the imperial victory: the
papyri evidence 133
Salvatore Cosentino
7. A striking evolution: the mint of Ravenna during the early
middle ages 151
Vivien Prigent
8. Roman law in Ravenna 163
Simon Corcoran
9. The church of Ravenna, Constantinople and Rome in the
seventh century 199
Veronica Ortenberg West-Harling
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10. Nobility, aristocracy and status in early medieval Ravenna 211
Edward M. Schoolman
11. Charlemagne and Ravenna 239
Jinty Nelson
12. The early medieval naming‑world of Ravenna, eastern
Romagna and the Pentapolis 253
Wolfgang Haubrichs
13. San Severo and religious life in Ravenna during the
ninth and tenth centuries 297
Andrea Augenti and Enrico Cirelli
14. Life and learning in earlier eleventh‑century Ravenna:
the evidence of Peter Damian’s letters 323
Michael Gledhill
15. Culture and society in Ottonian Ravenna: imperial
renewal or new beginnings? 335
Tom Brown
Index 345
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Acknowledgements
The editors have incurred many debts in completing this volume. We want
to thank again Jane Winters and her publications team at the Institute
of Historical Research, and in particular Emily Morrell, for expert copy‑
editing and much patience. We also want to thank the Chair and Trustees
of the Isobel Thornley Fund at Royal Holloway University of London for
a grant that enables us to include some illustrations in colour, as well as
in black and white, and Dhwani Patel who compiled the index, thereby
enhancing readers’ enjoyment of the book and doing justice to Ravenna.
We wish to acknowledge the help of Ken Emond and the British Academy;
the Centre for Hellenic Studies and the Department of History at King’s
College London; and Professor Miles Taylor, Director of the Institute for
Historical Research. In Ravenna, Judith Herrin would like to thank Signor
Mingozzi, deputy mayor, and the city’s chief administrator, Signor Cassani;
the Fondazione Flaminia; Professor Salvatore Cosentino, Professor Andrea
Augenti, and Antonio and Gian Luca Bandini. She also acknowledges with
gratitude continuing support and encouragement from the A. G. Leventis
Foundation and the Ahmanson Charitable Community Trust.
JH and JN
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