TY - BOOK ID - 32497598 TI - The Transformation of frontiers : from late Antiquity to the Carolingians. AU - Pohl, Walter AU - Wood, I. N. AU - Reimitz, Helmut PY - 2001 VL - 10 SN - 9004111158 9789004111158 9789004476394 9004476393 PB - Leiden Boston Köln : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Limes (Roman boundary KW - Limes (Frontière romaine) KW - Europe KW - Rome KW - History KW - Boundaries KW - Histoire KW - Frontières KW - Carolingians KW - Limes (Roman boundary) KW - Limites (Roman boundaries) KW - Fortification KW - Carlovingians KW - Carolinians KW - Borders (Geography) KW - Boundary lines KW - Frontiers KW - Geographical boundaries KW - International boundaries KW - Lines, Boundary KW - Natural boundaries KW - Perimeters (Boundaries) KW - Political boundaries KW - Borderlands KW - Territory, National KW - Rim KW - Roman Empire KW - Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.) KW - Romi (Empire) KW - Byzantine Empire KW - Rome (Italy) KW - Council of Europe countries KW - Eastern Hemisphere KW - Eurasia KW - History. KW - Boundaries. KW - Carolingians. KW - Limes (Roman boundary) - Rome. KW - Limes (fortifications romaines) KW - Frontières KW - Empire carolingien UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32497598 AB - The definition and notion of frontiers changed in the process of the transformation of the Roman world. This volume goes beyond topography to explore the meaning and impact of new frontiers as they were establised. It becomes clear that the transformation of frontiers was not a linear process in which the imperial frontiers were abandoned and the means of controlling them declined, but depended on specific circumstances. Four of the contributions deal with the frontiers of the Carolingian Empire in their political and military aspects, as well as in the context of Christian conversion and missions. Three of the contributions discuss Roman frontiers and their perception in late antiquity, demonstrating that they were not simply defence lines, but also a basis for offensive operations, a focus in elaborate exchange networks and a means of internal control. Other papers describe the frontiers of early medieval kingdoms, two of which propose theoretical models, whereas others analyse the construction and the blurring of frontiers between the empire and the kingdoms of the Visigoths, Lombards and Avars. ER -