Literacy in Lombard Italy, C.568 774

This book examines the evidence for literacy in early medieval Italy under the rule of the Lombards, the last of the barbarian invaders who established a kingdom in north and central Italy from 568 to 774. By examining different kinds of written documentation (legislation, charters, inscriptions and manuscripts), the study reveals that Lombard Italy actually possessed a relatively sophisticated written culture prior to the so-called Carolingian Renaissance of the ninth century.

• | Author: Nicholas Everett
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 15, 2003
• | Number of Pages: 402 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0521819059
• | ISBN-13: 9780521819053