This monograph challenges the idea that Roman imperial authority in the West ended in 476. It shows how the Frankish realm maintained ties to the empire, with real separation only emerging in the late sixth century.

Tracing enduring Frankish-Byzantine diplomacy, shared identities, religious controversy, and trade into the seventh century, it reveals a landscape of continued exchange rather than abrupt decline. Including previously overlooked sources, the study offers a new perspective on Frankish identity, imperial affiliation, and the evolving relationship between Rome, the empire, and the Merovingians from the fifth to the eighth century.

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Laury Sarti, Ph.D. (2012), University of Hamburg, is Heisenberg Fellow at Heidelberg University. Her monographs include Orbis Romanus. Byzantium and the Legacy of Rome in the Carolingian World (Oxford University Press, 2024) and Westeuropa zwischen Antike und Mittelalter (WBG, 2023), and she edited Mobility in the Early Middle Ages, and beyond. Interdisciplinary Approaches (De Gruyter, 2025). Her research focuses on the military, Mediterranean interchanges, and mobility in the medieval period.

Informations pratiques :

Mediterranean Connections: The Frankish Kingdoms and the Roman Empire (476–756), éd. Laury Sarti, Boston–Leyde, 2025 ; 1 vol., VIII–240 p. (The Medieval Mediterranean, 145). ISBN : 978-90-04-74364-9. Prix : € 145,00.

Source : Brill