Rome in the eighth century : a history in art / John Osborne, Carleton University, Ottawa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Osborne, John, 1951- author.

Series:

British School at Rome studies

British School at Rome Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome (Italy)--History--476-1420.

Rome (Italy).

Rome (Italy)--Description and travel.

Rome (Italy)--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Travel.

Italy--Rome.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 291 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"This book addresses a critical era in the history of the city of Rome, the eighth century CE. This was the moment when the bishops of Rome assumed political and administrative responsibility for the city's infrastructure and the physical welfare of its inhabitants, in the process creating the papal state that still survives today. John Osborne approaches this using the primary lens of 'material culture' (buildings and their decorations, both surviving and known from documents and/or archaeology), while at the same time incorporating extensive information drawn from written sources. Whereas written texts are comparatively few in number, recent decades have witnessed an explosion in new archaeological discoveries and excavations, and these provide a much fuller picture of cultural life in the city. This methodological approach of using buildings and objects as historical documents is embodied in the phrase 'history in art.'"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Rome in 700: `Constantinople on the Tiber'

2. Pope John VII servus sanctae Mariae

3. Clerics, Monks and Pilgrims

4. `The City of the Church'

5. The Chapel of Theodotus in Santa Maria Antiqua

6. Pope Zacharias and the Lateran Palace

7. Rome and the Franks

8. Paul I

9. Hadrian I dux Dei

10. Leo III and Charlemagne.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781108834582

1108834582

9781108819527

1108819524

OCLC:

1134853772