Table of Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. The Muslims in the historical works of early medieval southern Italy -- 2. The image of the Byzantines in the chronicles of early medieval southern Italy -- 3. Among two empires and dangerous neighbors: Byzantines, Franks, Lombards, and Muslims in ninth-century Naples -- 4. Invaders, dangerous allies, and hated neighbors: Ninth-century southern Lombard views of the Franks and the Neapolitans --
5. The Venetians and the 'other' in the early Middle Ages: Definitions and perceptions -- 6. History and ethnic pride in southern Italy at the end of the ninth century -- 7. A difficult memory to manage: Narrating the relationships between bishops and dukes in early medieval Naples -- 8. Oblivion, memory, and irony in ninth-century Montecassino -- 9. Old and new invaders: Lombards and Franks in Italian Carolingian memory -- Bibliography -- Index
