Amalasuintha : : The Transformation of Queenship in the Post-Roman World / / Massimiliano Vitiello.
In this book, Massimiliano Vitiello situates the life and career of the Ostrogothic queen Amalasuintha (c. 494/5-535), daughter of Theoderic the Great, in the context of the transitional time, after the fall of Rome, during which new dynastic regimes were experimenting with various forms of politica...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 7 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Author’s Note
- Map of Europe and the Mediterranean World at the Beginning of Amalasuintha’s Regency, Late a.d. 526
- Genealogy. The Family of Theoderic
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Mother, Regent, and Queen: Amalasuintha and the Institutions of Power
- Chapter 2. Amalasuintha at the Palace of Ravenna: The Making of a Queen
- Chapter 3. A Regent with Imperial Ambitions
- Chapter 4. Balancing Gothic Tradition with Roman Ideals
- Chapter 5. Amalasuintha: A Meeting Point Between Kingdoms and Empire
- Epilogue. Amalasuintha’s Legacy in Early Medieval Italy
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments