The Medieval Salento: Art and Identity in Southern Italy

by Linda Safran

Located in the heel of the Italian boot, the Salento region was home to a diverse population between the ninth and fifteenth centuries. Inhabitants spoke Latin, Greek, and various vernaculars, and their houses of worship served sizable congregations of Jews as well as Roman-rite and Orthodox Christians. Yet the Salentines of this period laid claim to a definable local identity that transcended linguistic and religious boundaries. The evidence of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812245547
• ISBN13: 9780812245547
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 10.3" x 7.3"