1st Edition
Weapon Manufacture and Authority on the Frontier of Late and Post-Roman Italy Eastern Lake Como and the Insula Comacina
308 Pages
by
Routledge
308 Pages
by
Routledge
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This monograph presents a microstudy of a crucially important and profoundly revealing location: the territory around the modern city of Lecco, which lies on the eastern branch of Lake Como, in Lombardy (northern Italy). Contrary to ‘traditional’ reconstructions that present eastern Lake Como as a marginal region, where no important events took place in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages,... Read more
Acknowledgements, Maps and images credits, Maps, Tables, and Images, Abbreviations, Introduction and Methodology, 1. A widespread system for production and defence, 2. Eastern Lake Como. Physical geography, 3. Sources, 4. The Insula and the Fabrica, 5. Eastern Lake Como. A new framework, 6. Conclusions. Scientific studies and outreach activity, Index of People, Index of Places, Index of Subjects
Biography
Fabio Carminati (1966), M.Sc. in Political Economy at Università Bocconi of Milan. He is involved in protection and enhancement of cultural heritage, collaborating with non-profit organizations. As an independent researcher, he has published several papers focused on the Lecco area. Andrea Mariani (1979), PhD, is a researcher at CITCEM-UP and member of different international associations. His research activity and publications, characterized by a multidisciplinary approach, focus on North of Italy and Portugal, mainly on medieval defensive elements networks, social and spatial organization.
