Writing History in Times of Political Upheaval: Contexts of Contemporary Historiography in Norman and Staufen Southern Italy (12th century)

在政治动荡时期书写历史：意大利南部诺曼和施陶芬的当代史学背景（12 世纪）

• 批准号: 204053834
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Knut Görich
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Abteilung für Mittelalterliche Geschichte
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2010-12-31 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/204053834?language=en
• 关键词: Writing; History; Times; Political; Upheaval

Modern historical research on the history of Southern Italy in the Twelfth Century tends to focus on two major political events: the creation of the Norman kingdom of Sicily in 1130 and its conquest by Emperor Henry VI in 1194. According to the master narrative, the first upheaval led to the division of Italy with the communes in the north and the Regno in the south. After the conquest of the latter in 1190/94, the Mezzogiorno became a centre of the empire. Modern interpretations of contemporary Southern Italian chronicles largely follow this master narrative, reading them as propaganda of the Norman and Staufen courts or communal historiography. This project aims to set a counterpoint to the master narrative by focusing on the specific local contexts of the chronicles and their pragmatic function. By identifying the social groups whose perspectives and interests are reflected in the chronicles, the texts and their causae scribendi may be better understood in their specific social contexts, thus enabling a new approach to the history of these two fundamental political upheavals in the history of Southern Italy.

现代史学对12世纪南意大利历史的研究主要集中在两个重大政治事件上：1130年诺曼人建立西西里王国和1194年亨利六世征服西西里王国。根据主人公的叙述，第一次动乱导致了意大利的分裂，北部是公社，南部是雷格诺。在1190/94年征服后，梅佐焦尔诺成为帝国的中心。对当代意大利南部编年史的现代解释在很大程度上遵循了这一大师级的叙事，阅读它们是诺曼和施陶芬宫廷或公共史学的宣传。本项目旨在通过关注编年史的具体地方背景及其语用功能，与主叙事形成对比。通过确定编年史中反映其观点和利益的社会群体，可以在其特定的社会背景下更好地理解文本及其原因，从而使意大利南部历史上这两次根本性政治动荡的历史成为可能。