Open AccessErster und zweiter Sieger. Zum Byzantinisch-Karolingischen bündnis bezüglich Bari 870-871
Author(s) -
Ewald Kislinger
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
zbornik radova vizantološkog instituta/zbornik radova vizantološkog instituta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0917
pISSN - 0584-9888
DOI - 10.2298/zrvi1350245k
Subject(s) - byzantine architecture , alliance , alienation , empire , ideology , power (physics) , history , humanities , political science , ancient history , art , archaeology , law , politics , physics , quantum mechanics
The growth of Arab power in Southern Italy and even Dalmatia menaced the Byzantine Empire as well as Carolingian Italy and led both to an alliance in 869/870. Their attempt, however, to conquer Bari in a joint attack failed in 870 (not 869) due to a lack of coordination. An exchange of letters, which followed between Basil I and Louis II, reveals cultural and ideological alienation between christian East and West