Ravenna its role in earlier medieval change and exchange Ravenna its role in earlier medieval change and exchange Edited by Judith Herrin and Jinty Nelson LONDON INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH Published by UNIVERSITY OF LONDON SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU First published in print in 2016 (ISBN 978‑1‑909646‑14‑8) This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution‑ NonCommercial‑NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY‑ NCND 4.0) license. More information regarding CC licenses is available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Available to download free at http://www.humanities‑digital‑library.org ISBN 978‑1‑909646‑72‑8 (PDF edition) DOI: 10.14296/917.9781909646728 iv Contents Acknowledgements vii List of contributors ix List of illustrations xiii Abbreviations xvii Introduction 1 Judith Herrin and Jinty Nelson 1. A tale of two cities: Rome and Ravenna under Gothic rule 15 Peter Heather 2. Episcopal commemoration in late fifth‑century Ravenna 39 Deborah M. Deliyannis 3. Production, promotion and reception: the visual culture of Ravenna between late antiquity and the middle ages 53 Maria Cristina Carile 4. Ravenna in the sixth century: the archaeology of change 87 Carola Jäggi 5. The circulation of marble in the Adriatic Sea at the time of Justinian 111 Yuri A. Marano 6. Social instability and economic decline of the Ostrogothic community in the aftermath of the imperial victory: the papyri evidence 133 Salvatore Cosentino 7. A striking evolution: the mint of Ravenna during the early middle ages 151 Vivien Prigent 8. Roman law in Ravenna 163 Simon Corcoran 9. The church of Ravenna, Constantinople and Rome in the seventh century 199 Veronica Ortenberg West-Harling v Ravenna: its role in earlier medieval change and exchange 10. Nobility, aristocracy and status in early medieval Ravenna 211 Edward M. Schoolman 11. Charlemagne and Ravenna 239 Jinty Nelson 12. The early medieval naming‑world of Ravenna, eastern Romagna and the Pentapolis 253 Wolfgang Haubrichs 13. San Severo and religious life in Ravenna during the ninth and tenth centuries 297 Andrea Augenti and Enrico Cirelli 14. Life and learning in earlier eleventh‑century Ravenna: the evidence of Peter Damian’s letters 323 Michael Gledhill 15. Culture and society in Ottonian Ravenna: imperial renewal or new beginnings? 335 Tom Brown Index 345 vi Acknowledgements The editors have incurred many debts in completing this volume. We want to thank again Jane Winters and her publications team at the Institute of Historical Research, and in particular Emily Morrell, for expert copy‑ editing and much patience. We also want to thank the Chair and Trustees of the Isobel Thornley Fund at Royal Holloway University of London for a grant that enables us to include some illustrations in colour, as well as in black and white, and Dhwani Patel who compiled the index, thereby enhancing readers’ enjoyment of the book and doing justice to Ravenna. We wish to acknowledge the help of Ken Emond and the British Academy; the Centre for Hellenic Studies and the Department of History at King’s College London; and Professor Miles Taylor, Director of the Institute for Historical Research. In Ravenna, Judith Herrin would like to thank Signor Mingozzi, deputy mayor, and the city’s chief administrator, Signor Cassani; the Fondazione Flaminia; Professor Salvatore Cosentino, Professor Andrea Augenti, and Antonio and Gian Luca Bandini. She also acknowledges with gratitude continuing support and encouragement from the A. G. Leventis Foundation and the Ahmanson Charitable Community Trust. JH and JN vii