Italy and the East Roman World in the Medieval Mediterranean

Name: Italy and the East Roman World in the Medieval Mediterranean
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Italy and the East Roman World in the Medieval MediterraneanEmpire, Cities and Elites, 476-1204\nAuthor(s): Thomas J. MacMaster, Nicholas S.M. Matheou\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138091313, 978-1138091313\nSynopsis\nItaly and the East Roman World in the Medieval Mediterranean addresses the understudied topic of the Italian peninsulas relationship to the continuation of the Roman Empire in the East, across the early and central Middle Ages. The East Roman world, commonly known by the ahistorical term \""Byzantium\"", is generally imagined as an Eastern Mediterranean empire, with Italy part of the medieval \""West\"". Across 18 individually authored chapters, an introduction and conclusion, this volume makes a different case: for an East Roman world of which Italy forms a crucial part, and an Italian peninsula which is inextricably connected toand, indeed, includesregions ruled from Constantinople. Celebrating a .