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This book offers a survey of the history and archaeology of the Longobards (known until recently as the Lombards), one of the many barbarian tribes who exploited the collapse of the Roman Empire.
Neil Christie was an undergraduate and postgraduate student at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and subsequently held a Scholarship at the British School at Rome, the Sir James Knott Fellowship (Newcastle) and a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Oxford. He is currently Lecturer in Medieval Archaeology in the School of Archaeological Studies at the University of Leicester.
| List of Plates | ||
| List of Figures | ||
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgements | ||
| Chronological Table | ||
| List of Rulers: Kings, Emperors, Dukes, Exarchs and Popes | ||
| 1 | Longobard Origins | 1 |
| From Scandinavia to the Elbe | 1 | |
| From the Elbe to Bohemia | 14 | |
| From Bohemia to Pannonia | 20 | |
| 2 | The Longobards in Pannonia | 31 |
| The Sequence of Longobard Settlement in Pannonia | 32 | |
| Bones, Brooches and Beads | 37 | |
| Town and Country: Natives and Longobards | 48 | |
| Pagans and Christians | 55 | |
| Gepids, Byzantines and Avars AD 565-568 | 58 | |
| The March | 63 | |
| 3 | The Longobards and Italy | 69 |
| Italy before the Longobards, AD 400-568 | 69 | |
| Conquest and Kingdom, AD 569-605 | 73 | |
| Consolidation and Stability, AD 605-700 | 91 | |
| Longobard Revival and Demise, AD 700-780 | 102 | |
| 4 | Society and Economy | 109 |
| The Longobard Laws and the Evolution of Longobard Society | 110 | |
| Archaeology and Society | 126 | |
| Trade and Exchange | 140 | |
| 5 | Settlement and Defence in Longobard Italy | 145 |
| Royal Capitals and Ducal Centres | 145 | |
| Palaces | 161 | |
| From Towns to Farms | 162 | |
| Fortifications | 170 | |
| 6 | Religion, Architecture and Art | 183 |
| From Arian to Catholic | 183 | |
| Longobard Builders and Buildings | 190 | |
| Longobard Art and Sculpture | 199 | |
| 7 | Longobard Heritage: Benevento and Beyond | 204 |
| The Fate of the Beneventan Principality | 206 | |
| State and Society in Longobard Southern Italy | 211 | |
| Coinage and Economy | 219 | |
| Beneventan and Late Longobard Culture | 221 | |
| From Liutprand to the Lega Lombarda | 225 | |
| Words and Traditions: Longobard Survivals | 229 | |
| Bibliography and Abbreviations | 231 | |
| Index | 245 |
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