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Title

Imperial spheres and the Adriatic : Byzantium, the Carolingians and the Treaty of Aachen (812) / edited by Mladen Anc̆ić, Jonathan Shepard and Trpimir Vedriš.

Author

Treaty of Aachen, AD 812 (Conference) (2012 : Sveučilište u Zadru)

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

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Additional Authors

• Ančić, Mladen
• Shepard, Jonathan
• Vedriš, Trpimir

Description

xxxii, 333 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"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."--

Alternative Title

Byzantium, the Carolingians and the Treaty of Aachen (812)

Subject

• To 1500
• Diplomatic relations
• International law
• Außenpolitik
• Balkan Peninsula > International status > History > To 1500 > Congresses
• Holy Roman Empire > Foreign relations > Byzantine Empire > Congresses
• Byzantine Empire > Foreign relations > Holy Roman Empire > Congresses
• Balkan Peninsula
• Byzantine Empire
• Europe > Holy Roman Empire
• Byzantinisches Reich
• Fränkisches Reich
• Südosteuropa

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings.
• History.

Note

• "The conference which sparked the whole project off, "The Treaty of Aachen, AD 812: the Origins and Impact on the Region between the Adriatic, Central, and Southeastern Europe", held at the University of Zadar between 27¿30 September 2012" --ECIP adknowledgements.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : circles overlapping in the upper Adriatic / Jonathan Shepard -- The Treaty of Aachen : how many empires? / Mladen Ancic -- Aemulatio imperii and the south-eastern frontier of the Carolingian world / Ivan Majnaric -- Imperial politics and its regional consequences : Istria between Byzantium and the Franks 788-812 / Peter Štih -- A resurgent empire? : Byzantium in the early 800s / Panos Sophoulis -- Franks and Bulgars in the first half of the ninth century / Angel Nikolov -- Dangerous neighbours : the Treaty of Aachen and the defeat of Nikephoros I by the Bulgars in 811 / Daniel Ziemann -- Aachen, Venice and archeology / Sauro Gelichi -- Patriarchs as patrons : the attribution of the Ciboria in Santa Maria delle Grazie at Grado / Magdalena Skoblar -- Holding the Aquileian patriarchate's title : the key role of local early ninth-century hagiography / Marianna Cerno -- Post-Roman Dalmatia : collapse and regeneration of a complex social system / Danijel Dzino -- One more renaissance? : Dalmatia and the revival of the European economy / Neven Budak -- What did the Treaty of Aachen do for the peoples of the Carpathian basin? / Béla Miklós Szoke -- Lower Pannonia before and after the Treaty of Aachen / Hrvoje Gracanin -- Changing political landscapes in the ninth-century central Carpathian basin : interpreting recent settlement excavation data / Miklós Takács -- Rome and the heritage of ancient Illyricum in the ninth century / Maddalena Betti -- Dalmatian bishops at the Council of Nicaea in 787 and the status of the Dalmatian church in the eighth and ninth centuries / Predrag Komatina -- New evidence for the re-establishment of the Adriatic dioceses in the late eighth century / Ivan Basic -- Amalarius' stay in Zadar reconsidered / Trpimir Vedriš.

ISBN

• 9781138225947
• 1138225940
• 9781315109848 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781351614290 (ePub ebook) (canceled/invalid)
• 9781351614306 (PDF ebook) (canceled/invalid)
• 9781351614283 (Mobipocket ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2017011731

OCLC

• on1001967992
• 1001967992
• SCSB-8857621

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library