Languages, Writings, and Society in Langobard Italy. Paths in Historical Sociolinguistics

Elisa D'Argenio; Roberto Delle Donne; Rosanna Sornicola

Languages, Writings, and Society in Langobard Italy. Paths in Historical Sociolinguistics

Authors

Elisa D'Argenio

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5267-4676

Roberto Delle Donne

University of Naples Federico II

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8331-9436

Rosanna Sornicola

University of Naples Federico II

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5307-7245

Keywords:

History, Early Medieval Historiography, Social and institutional practices, Identity and power , Writing and documentary practices , Historical sociolinguistics , Langobard Italy

Synopsis

Publisher: FedOA - Federico II University Press

Series: School of Human and Social Sciences. Working Papers

Pages: 721

Language: Italian

Abstract: In this volume, linguistics and history, in all their different dimensions, come together to offer a new reading of Langobard Italy, grounded also in dialogue with philology, archaeology, art history, legal history, musicology, and the study of the material forms of texts and documents. The essays collected here examine lexicons, writing systems, documentary practices, institutions, and social contexts, showing how only a close engagement between different perspectives can do justice to the complexity of the early medieval world. The result is a volume that is at once historical and methodological, analytical and reflective, helping to renew the tools of research while restoring the plurality and richness of Langobard societies.

Chapters

Preface

Elisa D'Argenio, Roberto Delle Donne, Rosanna Sornicola

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R. Delle Donne, Rethinking the Lombards: Recent Historiographical Trends on Identity and Power in Early Medieval Italy

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S. Gasparri, The King’s Power and the Administration of the Kingdom

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C. Azzara, The Political and Juridical Institutions of the Longobards Between Tribal Tradition and Roman Models

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V. Loré, The Profile of an Early Medieval Polity: Public Resources and Agents of the Dukes in 8th-Century Benevento

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G. Archetti, Nihil asperum, nihil grave. Monastic Life Experiences Between Kingdom and Duchies

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G. Zornetta, Beneventan Society in the Mirror: Private Churches and Ducal Foundations in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries

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N. Busino, Langobardia Maior and Langobardia Minor: New Insights from Archaeological Research

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P. de Vingo, Riding in the Otherworldly Meadows: The Role of Horses and Riders in Early Medieval Italian Funerary Rituals

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C. Ebanista, Sanctuaries in Lombard Southern Italy

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A. Di Muro, Mediterranean Trade and the Lombard Economy

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R. Rao, The Environment of the Po Valley in the Early Middle Ages: Rethinking the Evidence from History and Archaeology

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F. Dell'Acqua, The Arts in Southern Langobardia, 8th-9th Centuries. Developments and Pathways

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L. Nardini, Music Textualities in the Langobardia Minor: Possible Approaches

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G. Germano, The Legend of the Maelström in Paul the Deacon’s Historia Langobardorum and Its Reception in Modern and Contemporary Popular Culture

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F. Stroppa, The Revival of the Lombard Tradition Between the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

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M. Aprile, Some Linguistic Heritages of Lombard Legal Traditions in Southern Italy: The Terminology of Property Boundaries and Marriage

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L. Loschiavo, Reconsidering the Ancient Lombards Trial

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V. Ferrari, Langobardic and Byzantine Terms in Langobardia Minor: The Vocabulary of Artifacts

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P. Massa, Documentary Practices in Private Lombard Charters Preserved in the Ancient Archive of the Beneventan Monastery of S. Sophia

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M. Giuliani, The Intertextual Perspective in the Analysis of the Oldest Southern Documentary Production (Between Borders and Plurality)

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G. Galdi, Observations on the Language and Formulary Used by Notaries in Lucca (8th-9th Centuries)

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F. Guazzelli, Mercantile Practices and Language Contact in Late Medieval Tuscan Documentation

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W. Haubrichs, Kings, Notaries, Nobility and a Mercenary. The Name-World of the Langobardic Inscriptions (6th-8th Centuries) as Indication of Identitarian Consciousness

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B. Adamik, The Dialectological Situation of the Latin Language in Late Italy Before and in the Langobard Period as Evidenced in Inscriptions: The Phonological Aspect

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S. Kiss, The Latinity of the Balkan Peninsula

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P. Kovács, The Epigraphic Research of Roman Pannonia with a Special Regard to the Late Roman Period

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C. Consani, Magical Documents of Roman and Late Antiquity Sicily. Documentary Aspects and Research Lines

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E. Morlicchio, Lombard Between Germanic and Romance Studies and Historical Linguistics. Lombard and the Lessico Etimologico Italiano

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S. Valente, Polymorphism, Sociolinguistic Variation, and Innovation: Some Reflections Based on Verb Morphology

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Author Biographies

Elisa D'Argenio, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Elisa D’Argenio is a researcher in Glottology and Linguistics at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Her work focuses on the linguistic history of medieval Italy, with particular attention to documentary, legal, and notarial texts. She also studies the relationships between writing, discursive practices, and social contexts. She has devoted numerous studies to the lexicon and documentation of the Langobard period.

Roberto Delle Donne, University of Naples Federico II

Roberto Delle Donne is Professor of Medieval History and of Methodology and History of Historiography at the University of Naples Federico II, where he coordinates the PhD programme in Historical Studies. His research concerns the political and cultural history of the Middle Ages, historiographical thought, digital technologies, and the forms of transmission of historical knowledge. Alongside his research, he maintains a constant commitment to the coordination of scientific and institutional activities.

Rosanna Sornicola, University of Naples Federico II

Rosanna Sornicola is Professor Emerita of Glottology and Linguistics at the University of Naples Federico II. Her research focuses on historical linguistics, the history of Latin and the vernaculars, linguistic variation, and the relationships between language, society, and writing. She has made major contributions to the study of the transition from Latin to the Romance languages. Her scholarly work has received wide recognition both nationally and internationally.