Frontiers as zones of public overinvestment: fortresses, ditches, and walls in the northern frontier of the Carolingian Empire

Franzoni, Marco (2024) Frontiers as zones of public overinvestment: fortresses, ditches, and walls in the northern frontier of the Carolingian Empire. In: Carolingian Frontiers: Italy and Beyond. Reti Medievali E-Book (48). Firenze University Press, Firenze, pp. 161-174. ISBN 979-12-215-0416-3

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Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyse the infrastructural investments made by the Franks to pacify Saxony, and to secure the control of the Elbe River territories. I will mostly use the written sources of the Carolingian era that described, in various forms, the construction of new infra- structures and the conquest of the enemies’. I will also utilize the archaeological data, so as to be able to confirm the accounts of the written sources. Through this analysis I will highlight the central authority’s constant effort to control, protect and rule the newly conquered territories of Saxony and the Elbe.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Nella sezione "II. The frontiers of others I: Saxony and Lothringia".
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Middle Ages, 8th-9th centuries, Saxon Frontier, Carolingian Empire, Danevirke, Franks, Slavs, Danes, Saxons, fortresses, ditches, walls
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
Depositing User:	dr Vincenzo De Luise
Date Deposited:	08 Aug 2025 08:12
Last Modified:	08 Aug 2025 08:12
URI:	http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/7174

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