Introduction -- Patronage and Lombard rulers -- Authority, rulership and the Abbey -- The monks and abbots of Farfa: identities and affiliations -- Sabine lands and landowners -- Elite families in the Sabina -- Farfa and Italian politics in the Lombard era -- Farfa, Italian politics and the Carolingians
Summary
Marios Costambeys discusses the nature of political power in early medieval Italy, offering a fresh perspective