Resumen de I longobardi alla VI Crociata. Una nota sul lessico francese d’Oltremare e un etnonimo dimenticato

Laura Minervini

• The Old French word longuebart, with the meaning ‘inhabitant of Southern Italy’, is used in chronicles that deal with the war between the emperor Frederick II and the lords of Ibelin written in the Latin East. This article traces the history that lies behind this unexpected use of the term examining medieval French, Latin and Italian texts of various kinds.