Literacy in Lombard Italy, C.568-774

ISBN-13: 9780521174107 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 402 str.

Nicholas Everett

Opis

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.