This thesis describes aspects of the representation and perception of the Carolingians in Italy between 774 and 875. This relates to the impact of Carolingian ideology in Italy. The thesis is composed of a series of parallel source studies. Most of the material considered was produced away from the Carolingian court and thus reveals the reaction of those in the provinces. Even when, as with capitularies, the material discussed originated at the court, the selection of which pieces to preserve is nevertheless sometimes indicative of the priorities of those involved. The thesis is composed of six chapters and a short coda. Chapter one is an introduction which deals with the histonography of the subject, outlines the aims of this study and delineates the difficulties associated with it. Chapters two and three deal with narrative sources written, respectively, within the regnum Iialiae and those written outside it in southern Italy. These two chapters consider the descriptions of the Carolingians contained in these texts in the light of the literary approaches of these works. Chapter four analyses other literary productions linked with or referring to the Carolingians in Italy, mostly poems. Chapter five discusses the numismatic evidence about Carolingian government in Italy and the coinage's capacity to carry ideological messages. Chapter six considers the evidence of Carolingian capitularies in Italy, the promulgation of these texts and their use in the peninsula. Particular attention is devoted to the methodological problems involved with using each of these types of source. Thus a partial image is developed of the ideological profile of Carolingian rule in Italy and of the reaction to it. The coda, chapter seven, describes the place of this work in the historiography and suggests further approaches.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:286113 |
| Date | January 1998 |
| Creators | West, Geoffrey Valerio Buckle |
| Publisher | King's College London (University of London) |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/studies-in-representations-and-perceptions-of-the-carolingians-in-italy-774875(d5a61c80-5484-45d1-8692-4dadbc669997).html |
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