Augusta Bagiennorum

Pesio–Tanaro · c. 500 BC–1010 AD

Sources and bibliography

This educational tool is grounded in 189 source records across 18 sections. The index covers narrative histories, charters, archaeology, church history, local studies, place-names, and archival holdings used to shape the profiles and their historical context.

I Narrative & Historiographical Sources

  1. Procopius of Caesarea, Bellum Gothicum · Loeb, 1919–28 · Gothic War 535–554; Po Valley & Ligurian arc
  2. Cassiodorus, Variae · MGH AA XII, 1894 · Ostrogothic administration 507–537
  3. Jordanes, Getica · MGH AA V/1, 1882 · Gothic movements in the subalpine zone
  4. Gregory of Tours, Decem Libri Historiarum · MGH SRM I/1, 1951 · Lombard-Frankish interactions, Alpine passes, Books IV–VI
  5. Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks · Trans. Thorpe, Penguin, 1974
  6. Paulus Diaconus, Historia Langobardorum · MGH SRL, 1878 · Lombard settlement 568–774; ducatus of Turin
  7. Paulus Diaconus, Storia dei Longobardi · Ed. & trans. Capo, Fondazione Lorenzo Valla / Mondadori, 1992
  8. Paul the Deacon, History of the Lombards · Trans. Foulke, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1907/2003
  9. Paulus Diaconus, Historia Romana · Ed. Crivellucci, FSI 51, Rome, 1914
  10. Origo Gentis Langobardorum · Ed. Waitz, MGH SRL, 1878
  11. Bracciotti, Annalisa, ed., Origo Gentis Langobardorum: Introduzione, testo critico, commento · Rome: Herder, 1998
  12. Liber Pontificalis · Ed. Duchesne, Paris: Thorin, 1886–92 · Relations with Lombard and Frankish rulers
  13. Annales Regni Francorum · Ed. Pertz & Kurze, MGH SRG 6, 1895 · Carolingian annals 741–829; Piedmontese comitates
  14. Annales Regni Francorum · Trans. Scholz, Carolingian Chronicles, University of Michigan Press, 1970
  15. Chronicon Novaliciense · Ed. Cipolla, FSI 1, Rome, 1901 · Saracen raids; Tanaro valley
  16. Cronaca di Novalesa · Ed. & trans. Alessio, Einaudi, Turin, 1982 · 8th–10th-c. records; monastery foundations; subalpine zone
  17. Capitulare Monasticum (816) · Ed. Semmler, Corpus Consuetudinum Monasticarum I, 1963 · Carolingian monastic regulation in northern Italy
  18. Liutprand of Cremona, Antapodosis · De Rebus gestis Ottonis · Relatio de Legatione · MGH SRG 41, 1915 · Saracen & Magyar raids in Piedmont, 10th c.
  19. Liutprand of Cremona, The Complete Works · Trans. Squatriti, Catholic University of America Press, 2007
  20. Flodoard of Reims, Annales · Ed. Lauer, Paris: Picard, 1905 · Annals 919–966; Italian affairs affecting Piedmont
  21. Ammianus Marcellinus, Complete Works of Ammianus Marcellinus, Illustrated: History of Rome · Delphi Classics
  22. Tacito (Tacitus), Germania (Latino, English, Italiano) · goWare
  23. Tacito (Tacitus), Tutte le opere · eNewton Classici / Newton Compton Editori
  24. Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum · Edited by Tristan Nichols
  25. Ammianus Marcellinus, The Later Roman Empire: A.D. 354–378 · Translated by Walter Hamilton. Penguin Classics
  26. Cassiodorus, The Letters of Cassiodorus: Being a Condensed Translation of the Variae Epistolae of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator · Translated by Thomas Hodgkin. HardPress Publishing
  27. Liutprando di Cremona, Le tre opere storiche: Antapodosis, Gesta Ottonis, Legatio · Traduzione italiana di Aldo Diomedes. GBL Grande Biblioteca Latina / Foro Barbarico
  28. Paolo Diacono, Storia dei Longobardi: Historia Langobardorum (contiene anche L'Origo Gentis Langobardorum e il Chronicon Gentis Langobardorum di Andrea da Bergamo) · Traduzione di C. A. C. GBL Grande Biblioteca Latina / Foro Barbarico
  29. Procopius of Caesarea, Delphi Complete Works of Procopius (Illustrated) · Delphi Classics

II Documentary Sources — Charters, Diplomas & Cartularies

  1. HPM — Codex Diplomaticus Langobardiae · Ed. Porro Lambertenghi, Turin: Bocca, 1873 · Lombard charters, Tanaro-Stura basin, 8th–10th c.
  2. HPM — Chartarum Vol. I · Turin: Regio Typographeo, 1836
  3. Codice Diplomatico Longobardo I–II · Ed. Schiaparelli, FSI 62–63, 1929–33 · Lombard private charters 568–774
  4. CDL Vol. III/1 · Ed. Brühl, FSI 64/1, 1973 · Diplomas of the Lombard kings
  5. CDL Vols. IV/1–2 · Ed. Brühl, FSI 65, 1981 · Diplomas of Liutprand and Ratchis
  6. MGH DD Karol. I · Ed. Mühlbacher, 1906 · Diplomas of Pippin III, Carloman & Charlemagne
  7. MGH DD Karol. II · Ed. Kehr, 1926 · Louis the Pious
  8. MGH DD Karol. III · Ed. Schieffer, 1966 · Lothar I & II; incl. diploma of 20 July 841
  9. MGH DD I · Ed. Sickel, 1879–84 · Ottonian diplomas; churches of Turin, Asti & Alba
  10. Diploma of Louis III (903) for Eilulf of Asti · MGH DD Ital. · Pollenzo, aqueduct, lands to Stura-Tanaro confluence
  11. Carte di San Dalmazzo di Pedona · Ed. Gabotto et al., BSSS 11, 1932 · Abbey properties, Pesio–Tanaro, 600–1000
  12. Carte della Cattedrale di Alba · Ed. Gabotto et al., BSSS 19–20, 1903 · 10th-c. ecclesiastical organisation, diocese of Alba
  13. Carte dell'Archivio Arcivescovile di Torino · Ed. Savio & Gabotto et al., BSSS 36, 1906 · Diocese of Turin; comitatus Breduli
  14. Regesto dell'abbazia di Novalesa · Ed. Savio, Turin, 1898 · Novalesa properties; subalpine land organisation
  15. Edictus Langobardorum · Ed. Bluhme, MGH Leges IV, 1868 · Lombard law code, Rothari (643) to Liutprand (735)
  16. Le Leggi dei Longobardi · Ed. Azzara & Gasparri, Rome: Viella, 2005

III Hagiographic & Ecclesiastical Sources

  1. Passio Sancti Dalmatii · Acta Sanctorum Dec. III, Bollandists, 1883 · St Dalmatius of Pedona; Lombard-period reworking; religious geography of the Pesio valley
  2. Acta Sanctorum Quotquot Toto Orbe Coluntur · Ed. Bolland et al., 68 vols., 1643–1940 · Lives of SS. Constantine, Dalmatius, Secundus of Asti
  3. Savio, Felice, Gli antichi vescovi d'Italia. Vol. I: Il Piemonte · Turin: Bocca, 1898 · Episcopal series of Turin, Alba, Asti; 5th–10th centuries

IV Geographical & Itinerary Sources (Late Antique–Early Medieval)

  1. Itinerarium Antonini · Ed. Parthey & Pinder, Berlin: Nicolai, 1848 · Roman road network; Augusta Bagiennorum & Via Aemilia Scauri
  2. Tabula Peutingeriana · Facsimile ed. Miller, Stuttgart, 1887–88 / Vienna, 1976 · Late Roman road map; station 'ad Bagiennas'
  3. Anonymus Ravennatis, Cosmographia · Ed. Schnetz, Teubner, 1940 · 7th-c. compilation; settlements in northern Italy / Liguria Interna
  4. Guidonis Geographica · Ed. Schnetz, Teubner, 1940 · 11th-c. compilation based on the Ravenna Cosmographer

V General Histories & Reference Works on Early Medieval Italy

  1. Wickham, Chris, Early Medieval Italy: Central Power and Local Society, 400–1000 · London: Macmillan, 1981 · Standard English synthesis; north-western Italy and local power
  2. Wickham, Chris, Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean, 400–800 · Oxford: OUP, 2005
  3. Gasparri, Stefano, Italia longobarda: il regno, i Franchi, il papato · Rome-Bari: Laterza, 2012
  4. Bognetti, Gian Piero, L'età longobarda · 4 vols. Milan: Giuffrè, 1966–68 · Founding collected studies on Lombard Italy
  5. Christie, Neil, The Lombards: The Ancient Longobards · Oxford: Blackwell, 1995
  6. Delogu, Paolo, 'Il regno longobardo' · In: Storia d'Italia I. Turin: UTET, 1980, pp. 1–216
  7. Tabacco, Giovanni, The Struggle for Power in Medieval Italy, 400–1400 · Trans. Brown Jensen. Cambridge: CUP, 1989
  8. Sergi, Giuseppe, I confini del potere: Marche e signorie fra due regni medievali · Turin: Einaudi, 1995 · Piedmontese march system; comitatus Breduli

VI Histories of Piedmont & the Cuneese (Early Medieval)

  1. Comba, R. & Coccoluto, G., Insediamenti medievali nel territorio di Cuneo (secc. VII–XIV) · Cuneo: Società per gli Studi Storici, 1993
  2. Comba, Rinaldo, ed., Piemonte medievale: Forme del potere e della società · Turin: Einaudi, 1985
  3. Comba, Rinaldo, La popolazione in Piemonte sul finire del Medioevo · Turin: Deputazione Subalpina di Storia Patria, 1977
  4. Settia, Aldo A., 'L'alto medioevo ad Alba: Problemi e ipotesi' · In: Studi per una storia d'Alba, 2010 · Settlement patterns between Tanaro and Bormida
  5. Settia, Aldo A., Castelli e villaggi nell'Italia padana · Naples: Liguori, 1984
  6. Settia, Aldo A., Proteggere e dominare: Fortificazioni e popolamento nell'Italia medievale · Rome: Viella, 1999
  7. Settia, Aldo A., Rapine, assedi, battaglie: La guerra nel medioevo · Rome-Bari: Laterza, 2002 · Saracen & Magyar incursions in the Tanaro valley
  8. Barbero, Alessandro, 'Nobili e re nel Piemonte altomedievale' · Studi Storici, 2010 · Comital framework; Auriate and Bredulum as administrative centres
  9. Panero, Francesco, Terre in concessione e mobilità contadina · Bologna: CLUEB, 1984 · Campagne fra Po, Stura e Tanaro, secc. X–XII
  10. Regione Piemonte, Le radici medievali dell'insediamento alpino in Piemonte · Turin: Consiglio Regionale, 2003 · Lombard hill-settlements; Castelvecchio di Peveragno
  11. Bellone, Ernesto, La pieve nel territorio piemontese · Cuneo: Società Studi Storici, 2001 · Origins of ecclesiastical organisation in the Piedmontese countryside

VII Local Studies — Augusta Bagiennorum, Bredulum & Pesio-Tanaro

  1. Assandria, G. & Vacchetta, G., Augusta Bagiennorum: Relazione degli scavi 1892–1909 · Turin: Paravia, 1910 · Stratigraphy of abandonment and spoliation
  2. Assandria, Giuseppe, 'Bredulo-Bredulum' · BSSS Cuneo 1 (1930) · First systematic study; Carolingian attestation; comital centre 9th–10th c.
  3. Vacchetta, Giovanni, 'Augusta Bagiennorum … nel periodo longobardo' · BSSS Cuneo 4 (1932)
  4. Coccoluto, Giovanni, 'Il territorio tra Pesio e Tanaro nell'alto medioevo' · BSSS Cuneo 108 (1993) · Documentary & topographic synthesis 568–1000
  5. Micheletto, Egle, 'Indagini … abbazia di Borgo San Dalmazzo' · Atti I Conv. Arch. Medievale, Florence: All'Insegna del Giglio, 1997
  6. Bozzola, Annibale, 'Il comitato di Bredulo e le sue relazioni con il marchesato di Torino' · Misc. Storia Italiana III/19 (1917) · Carolingian to Ottonian period
  7. Sergi, Giuseppe, 'Il comitato di Bredulo nell'ordinamento carolingio' · BSSS Cuneo 72 (1975)
  8. Lusso, Enrico, 'Castelli e insediamenti nel Cuneese tra IX e XII secolo' · In: Torri e castelli della Provincia di Cuneo. Cuneo: Provincia di Cuneo, 2008

VIII Archaeological Studies

  1. Micheletto, E. & Pejrani Baricco, L., 'Archeologia funeraria e insediativa in Piemonte tra V e VII secolo' · In: L'Italia centro-settentrionale in età longobarda (Ascoli Piceno 1995), Florence, 1997
  2. Pejrani Baricco, Luisella, ed., Presenze longobarde: Collegno nell'alto medioevo · Turin: Soprintendenza, 2004 · Lombard necropolis at Collegno; comparative context
  3. Pejrani Baricco, Luisella, 'Longobardi da guerrieri a contadini: Le ultime ricerche in Piemonte' · In: Brogiolo & Chavarria (eds.), Mantua: SAP, 2007
  4. Micheletto, Egle, 'La necropoli longobarda di Sant'Albano Stura' · Quad. Mus. Civico di Cuneo 1 (2012) · Lombard cemetery at Stura-Tanaro confluence; 7th–early 8th c.
  5. Bedini, Elena, et al., 'Paleobiologia del gruppo … di Centallo (Cuneo)' · In: L'Italia centro-settentrionale in età longobarda (Ascoli Piceno 1995), Florence, 1997
  6. Demeglio, P. & Lambert, C., 'Sistemi difensivi … nel Piemonte tardoantico e altomedievale' · In: La città nell'Italia settentrionale (Trieste 1987), Rome: EFR, 1990 · Castelvecchio di Peveragno
  7. Comba, Rinaldo, 'Castelvecchio di Peveragno: un insediamento di altura' · Quad. Soprintendenza Arch. Piemonte 6 (1987) · Late Roman–Lombard hill-fort at Val Pesio mouth
  8. Brogiolo, G. P., ed., Edilizia residenziale tra V e VIII secolo · Mantua: SAP, 1994 · Building traditions, Lombard period, Po plain and Alpine fringes
  9. Brogiolo, G. P. & Ward-Perkins, B., eds., The Idea and Ideal of the Town between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages · Leiden: Brill, 1999

IX Church History & Monasticism

  1. Destefanis, Eleonora, 'Monasteri piemontesi nell'altomedioevo (secc. VIII–X)' · Fenestella 2 (2022, online) · Systematic survey; San Dalmazzo di Pedona; Carolingian Piedmont
  2. Sergi, Giuseppe, L'aristocrazia della preghiera · Rome: Donzelli, 1994 · Politics and religious choices in medieval Italy
  3. Cantino Wataghin, Gisella, 'Spazio cristiano e topografia dei luoghi di culto in Liguria' · In: Liguria: Diocesi e istituzioni. Genoa: Soc. Ligure di Storia Patria, 1996
  4. Dal Covolo, E., Uglione, R. & Vian, G. M., eds., Eusebio di Vercelli e il suo tempo · Rome: LAS, 1997 · Eusebius of Vercelli (d. 371); early Christian organisation of the Piedmontese plain

X Saracen & Magyar Raids in Piedmont (9th–10th cc.)

  1. Poupardin, René, Le royaume de Provence sous les Carolingiens (855–933?) · Paris: Bouillon, 1901 · Saracen base at Fraxinetum (La Garde-Freinet); raids into the Cuneese
  2. Poly, Jean-Pierre, La Provence et la société féodale (879–1166) · Paris: Bordas, 1976 · Saracen settlement and raiding; western Piedmontese valleys
  3. Settia, Aldo A., 'Tracce di insediamenti medievali … area cuneese' · BSSS Cuneo 84 (1981) · Documentary and toponymic evidence
  4. Fasoli, Gina, Le incursioni ungare in Europa nel secolo X · Florence: Sansoni, 1945 · Classic study; Magyar raids in northern Italy; Tanaro valley

XI Topography, Place-Names & Road Networks

  1. Petracco Sicardi, G. & Caprini, R., Toponomastica storica della Liguria · Genoa: Sagep, 1981 · Ligurian-Piedmontese boundary zone; Pesio-Tanaro settlements
  2. Sergi, Giuseppe, 'Potere e territorio lungo la strada di Francia' · In: I poteri dei Savoia. Naples: Liguori, 1994 · Alpine passes to Tanaro plain; comital road control
  3. Comba, R. & Settia, A. A., eds., Insediamenti medievali tra Piemonte meridionale e Liguria · Cuneo: Società per gli Studi Storici, 1988
  4. Calvini, Nilo, I percorsi delle antiche strade tra la Liguria e il Piemonte · Bordighera: Istituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri, 1985

XII Periodicals & Series of Particular Relevance

  1. Bollettino della SSSAAPC (Cuneo) · 1929– · Key issues: 1 (1930), 4 (1932), 72 (1975), 84 (1981), 108 (1993), 123 (2000)
  2. Quaderni Medievali · Bari: Dedalo, 1976–2004 · Piedmontese institutional history
  3. Bollettino Storico-Bibliografico Subalpino · Turin: Deputazione Subalpina, 1896– · Carolingian and Ottonian periods
  4. Reti Medievali — Rivista · Florence: FUP, 2000– (open access) · Piedmontese insediamento, land use, church history
  5. Archeologia Medievale · Florence: All'Insegna del Giglio, 1974– · Lombard and Carolingian Piedmont field reports

XIII Encyclopaedic & Reference Works

  1. Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale · 12 vols. Rome: Treccani, 1991–2002 · Augusta Bagiennorum; Lombard art; Piedmontese monuments
  2. Treccani — Enciclopedia Italiana · Rome: 1929– · 'Augusta Bagiennorum' & 'Bene Vagienna', vol. VI, 1930
  3. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani · Rome: Treccani, 1960– · Bishops of Turin and Alba; early medieval landowners and ecclesiastical figures
  4. Lexikon des Mittelalters · 9 vols. Munich: Artemis, 1977–1999 · Lombard Italy; Carolingian administration; Piedmont

XIV Historiographical & Methodological Works

  1. Sergi, Giuseppe, 'Il medioevo. Senso del tempo e senso della storia' · In: Nuove questioni di storia medievale. Turin: Einaudi, 1987 · Use of Piedmontese documentary sources
  2. Comba, Rinaldo, Le fonti della storia medievale: Guida allo studio · Rome: NIS, 1992 · Guide to medieval Italian sources
  3. Wickham, Chris, 'Lawyer's Time: History and Memory in Tenth- and Eleventh-Century Italy' · In: Land and Power. London: British School at Rome, 1994
  4. Geary, Patrick J., Phantoms of Remembrance: Memory and Oblivion at the End of the First Millennium · Princeton: PUP, 1994

XV Roman, Late Antique & Early Medieval History

  1. Addis, Ferdinand, Rome: Eternal City · Head of Zeus
  2. Barbero, Alessandro, 9 agosto 378 il giorno dei barbari · Laterza
  3. Barbero, Alessandro, Barbari: Immigrati, profughi, deportati nell'Impero romano · Laterza
  4. Beard, Mary, SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome · Profile Books / Liveright
  5. Brazier, Robert, Empire In Apocalypse · Independently published
  6. Brown, Peter, Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD · Princeton University Press
  7. Bury, J. B., History of the Later Roman Empire · Dover Publications
  8. Cappelli, Marco, Il miglior nemico di Roma: Storia dei Goti, rivali e alleati dell'Impero · Piemme
  9. Cappelli, Marco, Per un pugno di barbari · Piemme
  10. Castellacci, Giulio Piero, Storia pettegola di Roma · Newton Compton Editori
  11. Frediani, Andrea, L'incredibile storia di Roma antica · Newton Compton Editori
  12. Gibbon, Edward, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (All 6 Volumes) · Penguin Books / Everyman's Library
  13. Goldsworthy, Adrian, The Fall of the West: The Death of the Roman Superpower · Orion / Phoenix
  14. Heather, Peter, Empires and Barbarians: Migration, Development and the Birth of Europe · Oxford University Press
  15. Heather, Peter, Rome Resurgent: War and Empire in the Age of Justinian · Oxford University Press
  16. Heather, Peter, The Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes & Imperial Pretenders · Pan Macmillan
  17. Holland, Tom, In The Shadow Of The Sword: The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World · Abacus / Little, Brown
  18. Holland, Tom, Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom · Abacus / Little, Brown
  19. Holland, Tom, The Forge of Christendom: The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West · Anchor Books
  20. Holmes, Nick, Rome and Attila: Rome's Greatest Enemy (The Fall of the Roman Empire Book 3) · Chronos Books
  21. Holmes, Nick, The End of Antiquity: The Last Days of Rome and the Rise of Islam (The Fall of the Roman Empire Book 4) · Chronos Books
  22. Holmes, Nick, The Fall of Rome: End of a Superpower (The Fall of the Roman Empire Book 2) · Chronos Books
  23. Hughes, Ian, Patricians and Emperors: The Last Rulers of the Western Roman Empire · Pen & Sword Military
  24. Kershaw, Stephen P., Barbarians: Rebellion and Resistance to the Roman Empire · Robinson / Little, Brown
  25. Knox, Matthew, Rome: A History in Seven Sackings · Atlantic Books
  26. Mazzucco, Luisa, Roma antica. Vademecum di storia per il viaggiatore · Newton Compton Editori
  27. Mazzù, Massimo, Il grande romanzo di Roma antica · Newton Compton Editori
  28. Mommsen, Theodor, Storia di Roma · Dall'Oglio / Res Gestae
  29. Nixey, Catherine, The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World · Pan Macmillan
  30. Rampini, Federico, Quando inizia la nostra storia: Le grandi svolte del passato che hanno disegnato il mondo in cui viviamo · Mondadori
  31. Russell, Miles, and Stuart Laycock, UnRoman Britain: Exposing the Great Myth of Britannia · The History Press
  32. Turney, S. J. A., Tales of Ancient Rome · Independently published
  33. Adams, Max, In the Land of Giants: Journeys Through the Dark Ages · Head of Zeus
  34. Dunn, Daisy, The Missing Thread: A New History of the Ancient World Through the Women Who Shaped It · Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  35. Holland, Tom, Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West · Abacus / Little, Brown
  36. Manco, Jean, Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Venturers to the Vikings · Thames & Hudson
  37. Pangonis, Katherine, Twilight Cities: Lost Capitals of the Mediterranean · Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  38. Roberts, Alice, The Celts: Search for a Civilization · BBC Books / Heron Books
  39. Jones, Dan, Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages · Viking

XVI Environment, Disease & Demography

  1. Elford, Colin P., Pax Romana: The Plague That Shook the Roman World · Pen & Sword History
  2. Harper, Kyle, The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire · Princeton University Press
  3. Keys, David, Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of the Modern World · Century / Ballantine Books
  4. Morland, Paul, The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World · John Murray / PublicAffairs
  5. Behringer, Wolfgang, Storia culturale del clima: Dall'Era glaciale al Riscaldamento globale · Bollati Boringhieri
  6. Carlin, Dan, The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses · Harper / Simon & Schuster
  7. Fagan, Brian, & Nadia Durrani, Climate Chaos: Lessons on Survival from Our Ancestors · PublicAffairs
  8. Fraser, Evan D. G., & Andrew Rimas, Empires of Food: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations · Free Press / Simon & Schuster
  9. Clark, David P., Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today · FT Press Science
  10. Harper, Kyle, Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History · Princeton University Press
  11. Kennedy, Jonathan, Pathogenesis: How Germs Made History · Crown / Penguin
  12. Breccia, Gastone, & Andrea Frediani, Epidemie e guerre che hanno cambiato il corso della storia · Newton Compton Editori

XVII Daily Life, Material Culture & Exchange

  1. Angela, Piero, and Alessandro Barbero, Dietro le quinte della storia: La vita quotidiana attraverso il tempo · Rizzoli (BUR)
  2. Bishop, M. C., The Secret History of the Roman Roads of Britain: And Their Impact on Military History · Pen & Sword Military
  3. Jones, Peter, Veni, Vidi, Vici: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Romans But Were Afraid to Ask · Atlantic Books
  4. Lançon, Bertrand, La vita quotidiana a Roma nel tardo impero · ECIG
  5. McLaughlin, Raoul, The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean: The Ancient World Economy & the Kingdoms of Africa, Arabia and India · Pen & Sword Military
  6. McLaughlin, Raoul, The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes: The Ancient World Economy & the Empires of Parthia, Central Asia and China · Pen & Sword Military
  7. Paine, Lincoln P., The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World · Knopf Doubleday
  8. Skinner, Patricia, Living with Disfigurement in Early Medieval Europe · Palgrave Macmillan
  9. Dinkelman, Daniel, Encyclopedia of World Writing Systems: Alphabets, Abjads, Abugidas, and Syllabaries of All Languages Living and Dead · Linguistics
  10. Ennos, Roland, The Wood Age: How One Material Shaped the Whole of Human History · Scribner
  11. Jenner, Greg, A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Daily Life · Thomas Dunne Books
  12. Colliss Harvey, Jacky, The Animal's Companion: People and Their Pets, a 26,000-Year Love Story · Allen Lane / Perennial
  13. Finlay, Victoria, Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World · Profile Books
  14. Francis, Richard C., Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World · W. W. Norton & Company
  15. Postrel, Virginia, The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World · Basic Books
  16. Roberts, Alice, Tamed: Ten Species That Changed Our World · Mitchell Beazley / Penguin
  17. Rupp, Rebecca, How Carrots Won the Trojan War: Curious (but True) Stories of Common Vegetables · Storey Publishing
  18. Shapiro, Beth, Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined—and Redefined—Nature · Basic Books
  19. St. Clair, Kassia, The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History · John Murray / Liveright
  20. Thanhauser, Sofi, Worn: A People's History of Clothing · Pantheon / Penguin

A Key Archival Holdings

  1. Archivio di Stato di Torino (AST) · Fondo Abbazie: San Dalmazzo di Pedona · Fondo Diplomi Imperiali · Materie ecclesiastiche
  2. Archivio Storico della Diocesi di Alba · Episcopal and chapter records; earliest material 10th–11th c. with Lombard-Carolingian retrospective references
  3. Archivio Storico della Diocesi di Mondovì · Val Pesio and medieval pieve system
  4. Archivio Capitolare di Asti · Louis III diploma of c. 902–903; chapter cartularies; 10th-c. ecclesiastical landscape of the Tanaro basin
  5. Biblioteca Reale di Torino · Manoscritti · 19th-c. transcription campaigns preserving many early medieval Piedmontese documents since lost in original