Book Review: Menswear of the Lombards. Reflections in the Light of Archaeology, Iconography and Written Sources

Recent archaeological adventures in the beautiful Friulian region of Northern Italy had introduced me to the history of the Langobards, a Germanic people who settled in the Adriatic during the 6th century AD after a long period of southerly migration from the German/Scandinavian Baltic area. Their a...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e0d9ab8e8f2b44439d6a3e271c87015e2021-12-01T14:42:32ZBook Review: Menswear of the Lombards. Reflections in the Light of Archaeology, Iconography and Written Sources2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/e0d9ab8e8f2b44439d6a3e271c87015e2017-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10269https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956Recent archaeological adventures in the beautiful Friulian region of Northern Italy had introduced me to the history of the Langobards, a Germanic people who settled in the Adriatic during the 6th century AD after a long period of southerly migration from the German/Scandinavian Baltic area. Their architecture has stood the test of time, with churches such as the Oratorio di S Maria in Valle (Cividale), and its stunning murals of saints, sinners, kings and clergy. The museum of Cividale del Friuli is replete with their material culture, as they interred grave goods with their dead well into their conversion into Christianity. Yet, there are massive gaps in our knowledge of their everyday life.Rena MaguireEXARCarticletextileshoeliving historyjewelleryearly middle agesitalybookreviewMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2017/1 (2017)
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topic textile
shoe
living history
jewellery
early middle ages
italy
book
review
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
spellingShingle textile
shoe
living history
jewellery
early middle ages
italy
book
review
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
Rena Maguire
Book Review: Menswear of the Lombards. Reflections in the Light of Archaeology, Iconography and Written Sources
description Recent archaeological adventures in the beautiful Friulian region of Northern Italy had introduced me to the history of the Langobards, a Germanic people who settled in the Adriatic during the 6th century AD after a long period of southerly migration from the German/Scandinavian Baltic area. Their architecture has stood the test of time, with churches such as the Oratorio di S Maria in Valle (Cividale), and its stunning murals of saints, sinners, kings and clergy. The museum of Cividale del Friuli is replete with their material culture, as they interred grave goods with their dead well into their conversion into Christianity. Yet, there are massive gaps in our knowledge of their everyday life.
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title Book Review: Menswear of the Lombards. Reflections in the Light of Archaeology, Iconography and Written Sources
title_short Book Review: Menswear of the Lombards. Reflections in the Light of Archaeology, Iconography and Written Sources
title_full Book Review: Menswear of the Lombards. Reflections in the Light of Archaeology, Iconography and Written Sources
title_fullStr Book Review: Menswear of the Lombards. Reflections in the Light of Archaeology, Iconography and Written Sources
title_full_unstemmed Book Review: Menswear of the Lombards. Reflections in the Light of Archaeology, Iconography and Written Sources
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