{"id":5854,"date":"2017-09-08T08:53:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T08:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=5854"},"modified":"2017-09-08T08:56:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T08:56:00","slug":"imperial-spheres-and-the-adriatic-byzantium-the-carolingians-and-the-treaty-of-aachen-812-edited-by-mladen-ancic-jonathan-shepard-trpimir-vedris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=5854","title":{"rendered":"Imperial Spheres and the Adriatic: Byzantium, the Carolingians and the Treaty of Aachen (812). Edited by Mladen An\u010di\u0107, Jonathan Shepard, Trpimir Vedri\u0161"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U nastavku donosimo informacije o va\u017enom zborniku radova \u2013 objavljenom u izdanju Routledgea \u2013 koji je proiza\u0161ao na osnovu me\u0111unarodne konferencije odr\u017eane u Zadru 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Imperial Spheres and the Adriatic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Byzantium, the Carolingians and the Treaty of Aachen (812)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Edited by Mladen An\u010di\u0107, Jonathan Shepard, Trpimir Vedri\u0161<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2018 \u2013 <strong>Routledge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>332 pages | 30 B\/W Illus.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although often mentioned in textbooks about the Carolingian and Byzantine empires, the Treaty of Aachen has not received much close attention. This volume attempts not just to fill the gap, but to view the episode through both micro- and macro-lenses. Introductory chapters review the state of relations between Byzantium and the Frankish realm in the eighth and early ninth centuries, crises facing Byzantine emperors much closer to home, and the relevance of the Bulgarian problem to affairs on the Adriatic. Dalmatia\u2019s coastal towns and the populations of the interior receive extensive attention, including the region\u2019s ecclesiastical history and cultural affiliations. So do the local politics of Dalmatia, Venice and the Carolingian marches, and their interaction with the Byzantino-Frankish confrontation. The dynamics of the Franks\u2019 relations with the Avars are analysed and, here too, the three-way play among the two empires and \u2018in-between\u2019 parties is a theme. Archaeological indications of the Franks\u2019 presence are collated with what the literary sources reveal about local elites\u2019 aspirations. The economic dimension to the Byzantino-Frankish competition for Venice is fully explored, a special feature of the volume being archaeological evidence for a resurgence of trade between the Upper Adriatic and the Eastern Mediterranean from the second half of the eighth century onwards.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1. Introduction: Circles Overlapping in the Upper Adriatic<br \/>\nJonathan Shepard<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PART ONE: THE FRANKS MOVE EAST<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2. The Treaty of Aachen: How Many Empires?<br \/>\nMladen An\u010di\u0107<\/p>\n<p>3. Aemulatio imperii and the South-Eastern Frontier of the Carolingian World<br \/>\nIvan Majnari\u0107<\/p>\n<p>4. Imperial Politics and its Regional Consequences: Istria between Byzantium and the Franks 788\u2013812<br \/>\nPeter \u0160tih<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PART TWO: BYZANTIUM IN TURMOIL<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5. A Resurgent Empire? Byzantium in the Early 800s<br \/>\nPanos Sophoulis<\/p>\n<p>6. Franks and Bulgars in the First Half of the Ninth Century<br \/>\nAngel Nikolov<\/p>\n<p>7. Dangerous Neighbours: the Treaty of Aachen and the Defeat of Nikephoros I by the Bulgars in 811<br \/>\nDaniel Ziemann<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PART THREE: CIRCLES OVERLAPPING IN THE NORTHERN ADRIATIC<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>8. Aachen, Venice and Archeology<br \/>\nSauro Gelichi<\/p>\n<p>9. Patriarchs as Patrons: the Attribution of the Ciboria in Santa Maria delle Grazie at Grado<br \/>\nMagdalena Skoblar<\/p>\n<p>10. Holding the Aquileian Patriarchate\u2019s Title: the Key Role of Local Early Ninth-Century Hagiography<br \/>\nMarianna Cerno<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PART FOUR: DALMATIA: THE LAND IN BETWEEN<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>11. Post-Roman Dalmatia: Collapse and Regeneration of a Complex Social System<br \/>\nDanijel Dzino<\/p>\n<p>12. One More Renaissance? Dalmatia and the Revival of the European Economy<br \/>\nNeven Budak<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PART FIVE: PANNONIA BENEATH THE SURFACE<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>13. What did the Treaty of Aachen do for the Peoples of the Carpathian Basin?<br \/>\nB\u00e9la Mikl\u00f3s Sz\u0151ke<\/p>\n<p>14. Lower Pannonia before and after the Treaty of Aachen<br \/>\nHrvoje Gra\u010danin<\/p>\n<p>15. Changing Political Landscapes in the Ninth-Century Central Carpathian Basin: Interpreting Recent Settlement Excavation Data<br \/>\nMikl\u00f3s Tak\u00e1cs<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PART SIX: THE CHURCH BETWEEN ROME AND CONSTANTINOPLE<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>16. Rome and the Heritage of Ancient Illyricum in the Ninth Century<br \/>\nMaddalena Betti<\/p>\n<p>17. Dalmatian Bishops at the Council of Nicaea in 787 and the Status of the Dalmatian Church in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries<br \/>\nPredrag Komatina<\/p>\n<p>18. New Evidence for the Re-establishment of the Adriatic Dioceses in the Late Eighth Century<br \/>\nIvan Basi\u0107<\/p>\n<p>19. Amalarius\u2019 Stay in Zadar Reconsidered<br \/>\nTrpimir Vedri\u0161<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Editors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mladen Ancic<\/strong> is Professor of History at the Universities of Zadar and Zagreb. He has published on the Hungarian-Croatian kingdom and Bosnia in the fourteenth century, the medieval city of Jajce, and on historiography and nationalism.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Shepard<\/strong> was Lecturer in Russian History at the University of Cambridge. Co-author of The Emergence of Rus with Simon Franklin, his edited volumes include The Cambridge History of the Byzantine Empire.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trpimir Vedri\u0161<\/strong> is Assistant Professor of Medieval History at the University of Zagreb. His co-edited volumes include Saintly Bishops and Bishops\u2019 Saints (with John Ott) and Cuius Patrocinio Tota Gaudet Regio (with Stanislava Kuzmov\u00e1 and Ana Marinkovic).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Imperial-Spheres-and-the-Adriatic-Byzantium-the-Carolingians-and-the\/Ancic-Shepard-Vedris\/p\/book\/9781138225947\">https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Imperial-Spheres-and-the-Adriatic-Byzantium-the-Carolingians-and-the\/Ancic-Shepard-Vedris\/p\/book\/9781138225947<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/34221028\/Mladen_An%C4%8Di%C4%87_Jonathan_Shepard_and_Trpimir_Vedri%C5%A1_eds._Imperial_spheres_and_the_Adriatic_Byzantium_the_Carolingians_and_the_Treaty_of_Aachen_812_Oxford_Routledge_2018_\">https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/34221028\/Mladen_An%C4%8Di%C4%87_Jonathan_Shepard_and_Trpimir_Vedri%C5%A1_eds._Imperial_spheres_and_the_Adriatic_Byzantium_the_Carolingians_and_the_Treaty_of_Aachen_812_Oxford_Routledge_2018_<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knjige","category-novosti"],"acf":{"facebook_opis":""},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historiografija.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/9781138225947.jpg?fit=280%2C425&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55129,"url":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=55129","url_meta":{"origin":5854,"position":0},"title":"\u201eRevisiting the Byzantine Commonwealth: Nodes, Networks, and Spheres\u201c, ur. 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