TY - BOOK AU - Panato,Marco TI - River and Society in Northern Italy: The Po Valley, 500-1000 AD T2 - Italy in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages SN - 9789048558810 U1 - 945.201 23 PY - 2024///] CY - Amsterdam PB - Amsterdam University Press KW - Rivers KW - Environmental aspects KW - Italy KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - AUP Wetenschappelijk KW - Amsterdam University Press KW - Antiquity KW - Archaeology KW - Environment and Sustainability KW - History, Art History, and Archaeology KW - Medieval Studies KW - Sociology and Social History KW - HISTORY / Europe / Italy KW - bisacsh KW - Environment, River society, River Po, Amphibious Culture, Early Medieval Italy N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048558810?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048558810 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048558810/original ER -