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Saint Benedict, Montecassino, and the Crisis of Ninth-Century Southern Lombards in Early Medieval Cassinese Memory

Saint Benedict, Montecassino, and the Crisis of Ninth-Century Southern Lombards in Early Medieval Cassinese Memory

Berto, Luigi Andrea

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Medieval Translations

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryReligion General

ISBN10: 1032528494
ISBN13: 9781032528496
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 30 2025
Pages: 138
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The dissolution of the Lombard political unity in southern Italy and the Muslim military activities in that area rendered the ninth century a crucial, yet troubled period for the history of this part of the Italian peninsula. The abbey of Montecassino was deeply affected by those events as well. Its riches, in fact, made it an easy target for the Muslims, who, after imposing heavy tributes on the monastery, pillaged and destroyed it in 883. Several years had to pass before Saint Benedict's monks could return to Montecassino. In the difficult period of exile they put a lot of effort in the reconstruction of their community's identity as well as in reaffirming its role as repository of southern Italy's memory. In this process of reconstruction the texts known as The Chronicles of Saint Benedict of Cassino had the fundamental task of describing as well as explaining the events that had provoked the crisis of southern Lombard Italy.

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