Ravenna : Its role in earlier medieval change and exchange
Herrin, Judith
Ravenna : Its role in earlier medieval change and exchange - London University of London Press 2016 - 1 electronic resource (362 p.)
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In the long-debated transition from late antiquity to the early middle ages, the city of Ravenna presents a story rich and strange. From the fourth century onwards it suffered decline in economic terms. Yet its geographical position, its status as an imperial capital, and above all its role as a connecting-point between East and West, ensured that it remained an intermittent attraction for early medieval kings and emperors throughout the period from the late fifth to the eleventh century. Ravenna’s story is all the more interesting because it was complicated and unpredictable: discontinuous and continuous, sometimes obscure, sometimes including bursts of energetic activity. Throughout the early medieval centuries its flame sometimes flared, sometimes flickered, but never went out.
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English
917.9781909646728
10.14296/917.9781909646728 doi
Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
Ravenna : Its role in earlier medieval change and exchange - London University of London Press 2016 - 1 electronic resource (362 p.)
Open Access
In the long-debated transition from late antiquity to the early middle ages, the city of Ravenna presents a story rich and strange. From the fourth century onwards it suffered decline in economic terms. Yet its geographical position, its status as an imperial capital, and above all its role as a connecting-point between East and West, ensured that it remained an intermittent attraction for early medieval kings and emperors throughout the period from the late fifth to the eleventh century. Ravenna’s story is all the more interesting because it was complicated and unpredictable: discontinuous and continuous, sometimes obscure, sometimes including bursts of energetic activity. Throughout the early medieval centuries its flame sometimes flared, sometimes flickered, but never went out.
Creative Commons
English
917.9781909646728
10.14296/917.9781909646728 doi
Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500