Italy in the Early Middle Ages

Cristina La Rocca is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Padua and is joint editor of 'Archeologia Medievale'. Her books include 'Pacifico di Verona. Il passato carolingio nella costruzione della memoria urbana' (1995),'Da Testona a Moncalieri. La dinamica del popolamento nella collina torinese'(1986). With D.Modonesi she is the editor of 'Materiali dietà longobarda nel veronese' (1989).

• Introduction ; 1. Invasions and ethnic identity ; 2. Public power and authority ; 3. The aristocracy ; 4. Ecclesiastical institutions ; 5. The Papacy ; 6. Economy and society in rural context ; 7. Changing structures of settlements ; 8. The cities ; 9. Lay and ecclesiastical culture ; 10. Private charters ; 11. Epigraphs ; Glossary ; Further Reading ; Chronology ; Maps