Ostrogoths vs. Franks: Imagining the Past in the Middle Ages

Oppedisano, Fabrizio (2022) Ostrogoths vs. Franks: Imagining the Past in the Middle Ages. In: Between Ostrogothic and Carolingian Italy. Survivals, revivals, ruptures. Reti Medievali E-Book (43). Firenze University Press, Firenze, pp. 1-18. ISBN 978-88-5518-664-3

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Abstract

This introductory essay aims at highlighting some aspects concerning the connections between the Ostrogoths and Franks in the Middle Ages. To this end, cases from different contexts and chronologies have been examined: firstly, Giovanni Villani’s chronicle, which conveys a polarized image of the Gothic and Carolingian worlds; and then some testimonies from the ninth century, that use the Ostrogothic model in connection with the present in a more complex and ambivalent manner. The various interpretations of the Gothic world are linked by a tendency to emphasize historical analogies, that leads to an overall and protracted disinterest in the specific forms of Ostrogothic society and in the work that most documents it, i.e. Cassiodorus’ "Variae".

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Middle Ages, Communal Age, Carolingian Age, Florence, Giovanni Villani, Walahfrid Strabo, Cassiodorus, Franks, Ostrogoths, Political Use of History
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
Depositing User:	dr Vincenzo De Luise
Date Deposited:	14 Apr 2024 13:49
Last Modified:	14 Apr 2024 13:49
URI:	http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/4801

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