The cities of Byzantine Italy: some items for the research agenda

Authors

  • Enrico Zanini Università degli Studi di Siena

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/47

Keywords:

Late Antiquity, Early Middle Ages, Italy, Byzantium, Towns

Abstract

In the literature debate concerning the Italian cities in the period from late Antiquity to the early Middle Ages the ‘Byzantine variable’ deserves a particular position. The relevant role of the proto-Byzantine Mediterranean’s permanence in the administrative, social, economic and cultural system during the transformation of many urban centres needs a new analysis and evaluation. Such a remark calls for a critical re-thinking of many traditional issues and the reappraisal of a methodology for new interpretative models which can better fit the complexity of the phenomenon which is going to be investigated.

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Published

2010-12-15

How to Cite

Zanini, Enrico. 2010. “The Cities of Byzantine Italy: Some Items for the Research Agenda”. Reti Medievali Journal 11 (2):45-66. https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/47.

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Essayes in Monographic Section