Austria (Lombard)
Austria was, according to the
Neustria
. The partition had not only been territorial, but also implied significant cultural and political differences.
Territory
Austria included the
duchies
of the north-eastern Lombard Kingdom. Among them a prominent role was played by:
- Duchy of Friuli
- Duchy of Verona
- Duchy of Trent
- Duchy of Brescia
- Duchy of Bergamo
History
The duchies of Austria presented themselves as the defenders of the warrior and conqueror spirit of the
Catholicism smoothed the opposition between Austria and Neustria, thanks to a revived expansion at the expense of the Byzantine Empire with the Catholic and Neustrian Liutprand
(king from 712).
After the fall of the Lombard kingdom in 774, the Langobardia Maior fell entirely under the dominion of the Franks. Its political-administrative structure was not disrupted. However, Frankish and Lombard counts replaced the dukes of Austria.
See also
- Langobardia Major
- Langobardia Minor
- Neustria (Lombard)
- Lombard Kingdom
References
Bibliography
Primarie sources
- Origo gentis Langobardorum, ed. Georg Waitz in Monumenta Germaniae HistoricaSS rer. Lang.
- Historia Langobardorum(Storia dei Longobardi, cura e commento di Lidia Capo, Lorenzo Valla/Mondadori, Milan 1992).
Storiographic literature
- Lidia Capo. Comment to ISBN 88-04-33010-4.
- ISBN 88-06-13658-5.
- Rovagnati, Sergio (2003). I Longobardi (in Italian). Milano: Xenia. ISBN 88-7273-484-3.