1st Edition

From Justinian to Branimir The Making of the Middle Ages in Dalmatia

By Danijel Džino Copyright 2021
276 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

From Justinian to Branimir explores the social and political transformation of Dalmatia between c.500 and c.900 AD. The collapse of Dalmatia in the early seventh century is traditionally ascribed to the Slav migrations. However, more recent scholarship has started to challenge this theory, looking instead for alternative explanations for the cultural and social changes that took place during... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1: Dalmatia in time and space

Chapter 2: "An Old Woman’s Summer": A glimpse into late antique Dalmatia

Chapter 3: "Winter is Coming": Signs of deeper social changes in sixth century Dalmatia

Chapter 4: The Collapse of Byzantine Dalmatia

Chapter 5: After the Apocalypse: Dalmatia after 620

Chapter 6: Clash of the Empires and the Treaty of Aachen (775-812)

Chapter 7: Tempora domini Brannimero

Conclusion

Biography

Danijel Džino is Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. His publications include Becoming Slav, Becoming Croat: Identity Transformations in Post-Roman Dalmatia (2010) and Illyricum in Roman Politics, 229BC-AD 68 (2010).

'Altogether, From Justinian to Branimir is a detail-rich and well-researched book' - Verdan Sulovsky, SPECULUM.

'Danijel Džino has produced an impressive work that will satisfy its readers no matter if they agree or not with his argument. It is a must-read for scholars of Adriatic matters' - Early Medieval Europe, 2025 (33/4).

‘This is an essential contribution … to the understanding of the beginnings of the early medieval period on the territory of the former province of Dalmatia and the ensuing Croatian Kingdom’ - Dubrovnik Annals 26.