Mediterranean Connections: The Frankish Kingdoms and the Roman Empire (476-756) /

Mediterranean Connections: The Frankish Kingdoms and the Roman Empire (476-756) /

This monograph challenges the idea that Roman imperial authority in the West ended in 476. It shows how the Frankish realm maintained ties to the empire, with real separation only emerging in the late sixth century. Tracing enduring Frankish-Byzantine diplomacy, shared identities, religious controve...

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Main Author: Sarti, Laury (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Series: Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
The Medieval Mediterranean ; 145.

Subjects:

Archaeology.
Art History.
Byzantine Studies.
Cultural History.
History.
Literature and Cultural Studies.
Medieval History.

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Call Number: N5305

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of Figures and Maps
  • 7 Introduction
  • 1.1 Outline and Question
  • 1.2 Prior Research
  • 1.3 Approach and Methods
  • Note on Names
  • 8 The Empire's Western Territories
  • 2.1 Odoacer and Theodoric
  • 2.2 One Empire, Not Two
  • 2.3 476 in Retrospective
  • 2.4 The Empire and the West
  • 2.5 Results
  • 9 Kings of the Empire
  • 3.1 Clovis and Theudebert I
  • 3.2 Romans and Franks in Gaul
  • 3.3 The Empire's Kingdom
  • 3.4 Franko-Byzantine Exchanges
  • 3.5 Factors of Alienation
  • 3.6 Results
  • 10 Christian Community
  • 4.1 The Pope between East and West
  • 4.2 The Three Chapters Controversy
  • 4.3 The Monothelite Controversy
  • 4.4 Results
  • 11 Mediterranean Connectivity
  • 5.1 Diplomatic Exchange in a 'Dark Age'
  • 5.2 Pilgrimages to the East
  • 5.3 Travel Routes and Trade
  • 5.4 Language and Knowledge Exchange
  • 5.5 Results
  • 12 Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index.