Medievalists.net » Ostrogoths http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Justinianic Reconquest of Italy: Imperial Campaigns and Local Responses http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/27/the-justinianic-reconquest-of-italy-imperial-campaigns-and-local-responses/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/27/the-justinianic-reconquest-of-italy-imperial-campaigns-and-local-responses/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2015 21:07:30 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60664 This article examines a particular aspect of Justinian’s campaigns against the Ostrogoths in Italy, one that is often overlooked, yet one that is essential to the understanding of these wars

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/27/the-justinianic-reconquest-of-italy-imperial-campaigns-and-local-responses/feed/ 0 Hungary’s Conversion to Christianity: The Establishment of Hungarian Statehood and its Consequences to the Thirteenth Century http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/hungarys-conversion-christianity-establishment-hungarian-statehood-consequences-thirteenth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/hungarys-conversion-christianity-establishment-hungarian-statehood-consequences-thirteenth-century/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2014 10:21:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52242 The Carpathian Basin occupies a peculiar place in history. It was the ground where Roman-Germanic world met that of the Slavs and mounted nomad peoples, where no group had achieved sustained unity before the state of Hungary was founded.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/hungarys-conversion-christianity-establishment-hungarian-statehood-consequences-thirteenth-century/feed/ 0 Making a difference in tenth-century politics: King Athelstan’s sisters and Frankish queenship http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/10/making-difference-tenth-century-politics-king-athelstans-sisters-frankish-queenship/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/10/making-difference-tenth-century-politics-king-athelstans-sisters-frankish-queenship/#comments Sat, 10 May 2014 11:59:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49516 In the early years of the tenth century several Anglo-Saxon royal women, all daughters of King Edward the Elder of Wessex (899-924) and sisters (or half-sisters) of his son King Athelstan (924-39), were despatched across the Channel as brides for Frankish and Saxon rulers and aristocrats. This article addresses the fate of some of these women through an analysis of their political identities.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/10/making-difference-tenth-century-politics-king-athelstans-sisters-frankish-queenship/feed/ 0 Projecting Power in Sixth-Century Rome: The church of Santi Cosma e Damiano in the late antique Forum Romanum http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/04/projecting-power-in-sixth-century-rome-the-church-of-santi-cosma-e-damiano-in-the-late-antique-forum-romanum/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/04/projecting-power-in-sixth-century-rome-the-church-of-santi-cosma-e-damiano-in-the-late-antique-forum-romanum/#comments Thu, 05 Dec 2013 01:23:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45493 In the year 526 CE, the bishop of Rome, Pope Felix IV, petitioned the Ostrogoth king Theoderic for permission to convert a small complex in the Forum Romanum into a place of worship dedicated to the Saints Cosmas and Damian...This paper critiques traditional interpretations of this church—its physical location and its apse mosaic—in light of new research that nuances our understanding of the historical context in which it was commissioned.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/10/was-theoderic-a-great-builder/feed/ 0 The Death Toll of Justinian’s Plague and Its Effects on the Byzantine Empire http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/04/the-death-toll-of-justinians-plague-and-its-effects-on-the-byzantine-empire/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/04/the-death-toll-of-justinians-plague-and-its-effects-on-the-byzantine-empire/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:19:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40285 In 541 a plague arrived in Egypt and rapidly began to spread. The following account of the beginning of the plague, while clearly an exaggeration still shows the impact of the disease.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/04/the-death-toll-of-justinians-plague-and-its-effects-on-the-byzantine-empire/feed/ 0 West versus East: the Sixth Century Literary Sources and Justinian’s Wars http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/06/west-versus-east-the-sixth-century-literary-sources-and-justinians-wars/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/06/west-versus-east-the-sixth-century-literary-sources-and-justinians-wars/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 05:18:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36902 Most scholars of the Byzantine empire have given an important role to Justinian's invasion of Italy during the sixth century - it has been envisioned as a grand reconquest of the West by the East.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/06/west-versus-east-the-sixth-century-literary-sources-and-justinians-wars/feed/ 0 Codex Argenteus and political ideology in the Ostrogothic kingdom http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/codex-argenteus-and-political-ideology-in-the-ostrogothic-kingdom/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/codex-argenteus-and-political-ideology-in-the-ostrogothic-kingdom/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 04:46:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33865 One of the most intriguing manuscripts of late Antiquity, the early-6th - century Codex Argenteus, combines elements typical of lavish Greek and Latin bibles with yet another significant aspect.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/codex-argenteus-and-political-ideology-in-the-ostrogothic-kingdom/feed/ 0 The Roman elite and the power of the past: continuity and change in Ostrogothic Italy http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/25/the-roman-elite-and-the-power-of-the-past-continuity-and-change-in-ostrogothic-italy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/25/the-roman-elite-and-the-power-of-the-past-continuity-and-change-in-ostrogothic-italy/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:49:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30478 This thesis examines the changes forced upon the Roman elite in the evolving political climate of Ostrogothic Italy.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/25/the-roman-elite-and-the-power-of-the-past-continuity-and-change-in-ostrogothic-italy/feed/ 0 Byzantines, Goths and Lombards in Italy: Jewellery, Dress and Cultural Interactions http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/05/byzantines-goths-and-lombards-in-italy-jewellery-dress-and-cultural-interactions/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/05/byzantines-goths-and-lombards-in-italy-jewellery-dress-and-cultural-interactions/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:52:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27700 The temptation is naturally to seek differences or contrasts from one power to another, to reinforce the conflict and tension identified in contemporary historians.

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