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River and Society in Northern Italy : The Po Valley, 500-1000 AD / Marco Panato.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Italy in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages ; 4Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2024]Copyright date: 2024Description: 1 online resource (382 p.)Content type:
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  • 9789048558810
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 945.201 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Prefatory Note -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Studying the Po Riverscape in the Early Middle Ages -- 2. The Po River in Early Medieval Mentalities -- 3. Climate, Environments, and Resources of the Po Valley -- 4. Rivers and Roads: Connectivity in the Po Valley -- 5. Circuits of Goods and People: The Socio-Economic Networks -- 6. River and Settlements in Early Medieval Northern Italy -- 7. River Management, Agency, and “Other” Socio-Economic Uses -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: This book considers for the first time the relationship between the river environment and the economic and political structures of northern Italy in the post-Roman period. Through the study of the relationship between river and society over time, it shows how the Carolingian conquest and other major political events in northern Italy did not seem to introduce radical changes in the daily life or broad economic systems. In fact, ecological circuits, local networks, family strategies and monastic policies seem to have been equal factors that shaped the relationship between river and society. This monograph offers an innovative approach to the study of the early Middle Ages, integrating social sciences, historical records, archaeological and geoenvironmental data analyses to overcome the lack of written and material sources. These new integrated perspectives on the post-Roman world shed light on the relationship between humans and their environment and on the social complexity of the riverscape, topics not yet fully investigated in the historiographical debate.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Prefatory Note -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Studying the Po Riverscape in the Early Middle Ages -- 2. The Po River in Early Medieval Mentalities -- 3. Climate, Environments, and Resources of the Po Valley -- 4. Rivers and Roads: Connectivity in the Po Valley -- 5. Circuits of Goods and People: The Socio-Economic Networks -- 6. River and Settlements in Early Medieval Northern Italy -- 7. River Management, Agency, and “Other” Socio-Economic Uses -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index

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This book considers for the first time the relationship between the river environment and the economic and political structures of northern Italy in the post-Roman period. Through the study of the relationship between river and society over time, it shows how the Carolingian conquest and other major political events in northern Italy did not seem to introduce radical changes in the daily life or broad economic systems. In fact, ecological circuits, local networks, family strategies and monastic policies seem to have been equal factors that shaped the relationship between river and society. This monograph offers an innovative approach to the study of the early Middle Ages, integrating social sciences, historical records, archaeological and geoenvironmental data analyses to overcome the lack of written and material sources. These new integrated perspectives on the post-Roman world shed light on the relationship between humans and their environment and on the social complexity of the riverscape, topics not yet fully investigated in the historiographical debate.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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