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Greeks and »Greek« Writers in the Early Medieval Italian Papyri
- Source :
- Medieval Worlds, Vol medieval worlds, Iss Volume 9. 2019, Pp 139-159 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2019.
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Abstract
- This article examines the instances when Greek script was used in the sixth- and seventh-century papyri documents originally preserved as part of the archive of the church of Ravenna. In interpreting these instances, we find both reflections of larger political events and smaller personal choices against the backdrop of continued migration from the Byzantine east to Italy following the conquest of the Ostrogothic kingdom by the armies of Justinian in the middle of the sixth century and the establishment of an exarchate dominated by military officials with various levels of clear »Greek« identity – political, hereditary, religious, and linguistic. Within this framework, participants in the creation of legal documents who were identified as grecus or wrote in Greek script did so for individual and micropolitical reasons that were distinct from conveying an ethnic identity, highlighting differences brought on by the situations in which they participated.
- Subjects :
- History
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Ethnic group
D111-203
06 humanities and the arts
Ancient history
Ravenna
060104 history
Kingdom
Politics
Sixth century
Identity (philosophy)
Medieval history
History (General) and history of Europe
0601 history and archaeology
Greeks
Byzantine architecture
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Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24123196
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medieval Worlds
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....05f4e6df251c8b59d356927ef594fefc