Original scientific paper
Frankish and Lombard Influences in the Creation and Shaping of the Duchy of Croatia
Mladen Ančić
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Abstract
The paper discusses the circumstances surrounding the origins of the Duchy of Croatia, the analysis foregrounding
the influence that stemmed from the fact that from the beginning of the 9th century the space in
which the Duchy came into being was incorporated in the imperial formation (Imperium Christianum) the
shaping of which was finalised by Charlemagne. Further considered is the role of objects that came from
the Frankish world and the manner in which these objects were instrumentalised in the construction of the political authority of the head of the nascent Duchy, who was at the same time the imperial ‘authorisee’of the ‘province of Dalmatia’. The organisational forms of this authority are analysed, and are shown to emulate those of the Franks. In addition, attention is focused on the new forms of conduct and activity thatstemmed from the work of the Frankish missionaries, who brought the Lombard traditions into the world being newly formed, Lombard because these missionaries came from the area of the former Kingdom of the Lombards, which had fallen under the rule of the Franks in the first half of the 770s.
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224676
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Publication date:
6.9.2016.
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