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The period between the eleventh and the fourteenth centuries was highly turbulent for the Dalmatian city of Zadar. After the final collapse of Byzantine rule in the Adriatic this former capital of the Byzantine theme not only fought to preserve its leading position among the citi es of Dalmatia, but also played power politics against Venice and against the rulers of the hinterland: the Hungarian kings and the local Croatian magnates. This strategic and political position reflected as well as defined the divisions and conflicts between the city's "sub- communities": the cathedral chapter of. St. Anastasia, the monastery of St. Chrysogonus, and the commune of Zadar. The aim of this article is to trace the relations between these conflicts and the cults of the two principal patron saints: St. Anastasia and St. Chrysogonus.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of maps -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations and notes on bibliography -- Maps -- 1 Introduction: Circles overlapping in the Upper Adriatic -- Part I The Franks move east -- 2 The Treaty of Aachen: How many empires? -- 3 Aemulatio imperii and the south-eastern frontier of the Carolingian world -- 4 Imperial politics and its regional consequences: Istria between Byzantium and the Franks 788-812 -- Part II Byzantium in turmoil -- 5 A resurgent empire? Byzantium in the early 800s -- 6 Franks and Bulgars in the first half of the ninth century -- 7 Dangerous neighbours: The Treaty of Aachen and the defeat of Nikephoros I by the Bulgars in 811 -- Part III Circles overlapping in the northern Adriatic -- 8 Aachen, Venice and archaeology -- 9 Patriarchs as patrons: The attribution of the ciboria in Santa Maria delle Grazie at Grado -- 10 Holding the Aquileian patriarchate's title: The key role of local early-ninth-century hagiography -- Part IV Dalmatia: The land in between -- 11 Post-Roman Dalmatia: Collapse and regeneration of a complex social system -- 12 One more Renaissance? Dalmatia and the revival of the European economy -- Part V Pannonia beneath the surface -- 13 What did the Treaty of Aachen do for the peoples of the Carpathian basin? -- 14 Lower Pannonia before and after the Treaty of Aachen -- 15 Changing political landscapes in the ninth-century central Carpathian basin: Interpreting recent settlement excavation data -- Part VI The church between Rome and Constantinople -- 16 Rome and the heritage of ancient Illyricum in the ninth century -- 17 Dalmatian bishops at the Council of Nicaea in 787 and the status of the Dalmatian church in the eighth and ninth centuries.

Introduction : circles overlapping in the upper Adriatic / Jonathan Shepard -- The Treaty of Aachen : how many empires? / Mladen Ancic -- Aemulatio imperii and the south-eastern frontier of the Carolingian world / Ivan Majnaric -- Imperial politics and its regional consequences : Istria between Byzantium and the Franks 788-812 / Peter Štih -- A resurgent empire? Byzantium in the early 800s / Panos Sophoulis -- Franks and Bulgars in the first half of the ninth century / Angel Nikolov -- Dangerous neighbours : the Treaty of Aachen and the defeat of Nikephoros I by the Bulgars in 811 / Daniel Ziemann -- Aachen, Venice and archeology / Sauro Gelichi -- Patriarchs as patrons : the attribution of the Ciboria in Santa Maria delle Grazie at Grado / Magdalena Skoblar -- Holding the Aquileian patriarchate's title : the key role of local early ninth-century hagiography / Marianna Cerno -- Post-Roman Dalmatia : collapse and regeneration of a complex social system / Danijel Dzino -- One more renaissance? Dalmatia and the revival of the European economy / Neven Budak -- What did the Treaty of Aachen do for the peoples of the Carpathian basin? / Béla Miklós Szőke -- Lower Pannonia before and after the Treaty of Aachen / Hrvoje Gračanin -- Changing political landscapes in the ninth-century central Carpathian basin : interpreting recent settlement excavation data / Miklós Takács -- Rome and the heritage of ancient Illyricum in the ninth century / Maddalena Betti -- Dalmatian bishops at the Council of Nicaea in 787 and the status of the Dalmatian church in the eighth and ninth centuries / Predrag Komatina -- New evidence for the re-establishment of the Adriatic dioceses in the late eighth century / Ivan Basić -- Amalarius' stay in Zadar reconsidered / Trpimir Vedriš