From passageway to frontier: the Alps in Carolingian times Katharina Winckler University of Trento, Italy This is a section of Carolingian Frontiers: Italy and Beyond(DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0416-3) by Maddalena Betti, Francesco Borri, Stefano Gasparri Firenze University Press Florence 2024 https://doi.org/10.36253/979-12-215-0416-3.08

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The article focuses on the Carolingian frontiers within the Alps: starting with their origins in Roman times and the changes in the Merovingian era, it focuses on the broader developments of the Carolingian period, when many areas of the Alps were reframed into new spatial entities, such as the Eastern Alps eventually becoming part of the Eastern Frankish kingdom.

 Middle Ages 6th-9th centuries alpine frontiers Carolingians alpine passes alpine strongholds alpine roads

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