1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465335003321

Autore

Vitiello Massimiliano

Titolo

Theodahad : a platonic king at the collapse of Ostrogothic Italy / / Massimiliano Vitiello

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4426-6932-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Disciplina

945/.01

Soggetti

Ostrogoths - Italy - History

Ostrogoths - Kings and rulers

Electronic books.

Italy History 476-774

Italy Kings and rulers Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Theodahad the Man -- Chapter Two: Theodahad the Noble -- Chapter Three: Theodahad the Co-Regent -- Chapter Four: Theodahad the King -- Chapter Five: Theodahad, the End -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Genealogical Table -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Place Names -- Index of People

Sommario/riassunto

Educated in Platonic philosophy rather than the military arts, the Ostrogothic king Theodahad was never meant to rule. His unexpected nomination as co-regent by his cousin Queen Amalasuintha plunged him into the intrigues of the Gothic court, and Theodahad soon conspired to assassinate the queen. But, once alone on the throne, his lack of political experience and military skill made him ineffective at best and dangerously incompetent at worst. Defeated by the Byzantine emperor Justinian, Theodahad was killed by his own subjects.In Theodahad, Massimiliano Vitiello rigorously investigates the ancient sources in order to reconstruct the events of Theodahad’s life and the contours of sixth-century diplomacy and political intrigues. Painting a



picture of an unlikely king whose reign helped spell the end of Ostrogothic Italy, Vitiello’s book not only illuminates Theodahad’s own life but also offers new insight into the sixth-century Mediterranean world.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996392669703316

Autore

Fitzherbert John <d. 1531.>

Titolo

The booke of husbandrye [[electronic resource] ] : very profitable and necessary for al maner of persons. Made first by the auctor Fitzherberd, and nowe lately corrected and amended, with diuers addicions put ther unto. Anno do. M.D.LXJJ

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Imprynted at London, : By Iohn Awdely, dwellyng in lyttle Brittaine streete by great S. Bartelmewes, [1562]

Descrizione fisica

[2], lxxvi, [3] leaves

Altri autori (Persone)

FitzherbertAnthony, Sir,  <1470-1538.>

Soggetti

Agriculture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Attributed to John Fitzherbert. Also sometimes attributed to Sir Anthony Fitzherbert.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018