Imperial Spheres and the Adriatic : Byzantium, the Carolingians and the Treaty of Aachen (812)

著者名：Ančić, Mladen (EDT)/Shepard, Jonathan (EDT)/Vedriš, Trpimir (EDT)

Routledge（2017/09/13発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9780367594435
• eISBN：9781351614290

Description

Although often mentioned in textbooks about the Carolingian and Byzantine empires, the Treaty of Aachen has not received much close attention. This volume attempts not just to fill the gap, but to view the episode through both micro- and macro-lenses. Introductory chapters review the state of relations between Byzantium and the Frankish realm in the eighth and early ninth centuries, crises facing Byzantine emperors much closer to home, and the relevance of the Bulgarian problem to affairs on the Adriatic. Dalmatia’s coastal towns and the populations of the interior receive extensive attention, including the region’s ecclesiastical history and cultural affiliations. So do the local politics of Dalmatia, Venice and the Carolingian marches, and their interaction with the Byzantino-Frankish confrontation. The dynamics of the Franks’ relations with the Avars are analysed and, here too, the three-way play among the two empires and ‘in-between’ parties is a theme. Archaeological indications of the Franks’ presence are collated with what the literary sources reveal about local elites’ aspirations. The economic dimension to the Byzantino-Frankish competition for Venice is fully explored, a special feature of the volume being archaeological evidence for a resurgence of trade between the Upper Adriatic and the Eastern Mediterranean from the second half of the eighth century onwards.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Circles Overlapping in the Upper Adriatic

Jonathan Shepard

PART ONE: THE FRANKS MOVE EAST

2. The Treaty of Aachen: How Many Empires?

Mladen Ančić

3. Aemulatio imperii and the South-Eastern Frontier of the Carolingian World

Ivan Majnarić

4. Imperial Politics and its Regional Consequences: Istria between Byzantium and the Franks 788–812

Peter Štih

PART TWO: BYZANTIUM IN TURMOIL

5. A Resurgent Empire? Byzantium in the Early 800s

Panos Sophoulis

6. Franks and Bulgars in the First Half of the Ninth Century

Angel Nikolov

7. Dangerous Neighbours: the Treaty of Aachen and the Defeat of Nikephoros I by the Bulgars in 811

Daniel Ziemann

PART THREE: CIRCLES OVERLAPPING IN THE NORTHERN ADRIATIC

8. Aachen, Venice and Archeology

Sauro Gelichi

9. Patriarchs as Patrons: the Attribution of the Ciboria in Santa Maria delle Grazie at Grado

Magdalena Skoblar

10. Holding the Aquileian Patriarchate’s Title: the Key Role of Local Early Ninth-Century Hagiography

Marianna Cerno

　

PART FOUR: DALMATIA: THE LAND IN BETWEEN

11. Post-Roman Dalmatia: Collapse and Regeneration of a Complex Social System

Danijel Dzino

12. One More Renaissance? Dalmatia and the Revival of the European Economy

Neven Budak

PART FIVE: PANNONIA BENEATH THE SURFACE

13. What did the Treaty of Aachen do for the Peoples of the Carpathian Basin?

Béla Miklós Szőke

14. Lower Pannonia before and after the Treaty of Aachen

Hrvoje Gračanin

15. Changing Political Landscapes in the Ninth-Century Central Carpathian Basin: Interpreting Recent Settlement Excavation Data

Miklós Takács

PART SIX: THE CHURCH BETWEEN ROME AND CONSTANTINOPLE

16. Rome and the Heritage of Ancient Illyricum in the Ninth Century

Maddalena Betti

17. Dalmatian Bishops at the Council of Nicaea in 787 and the Status of the Dalmatian Church in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries

Predrag Komatina

18. New Evidence for the Re-establishment of the Adriatic Dioceses in the Late Eighth Century

Ivan Basić

19. Amalarius’ Stay in Zadar Reconsidered

Trpimir Vedriš