Towns and Their Territories Between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages / edited by G.P. Brogiolo, N. Gauthier, N. Christie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brogiolo, Gian Pietro, editor.

Gauthier, Nancy, editor.

Christie, Neil, editor.

Series:

Transformation of the Roman world ; Volume 9.

Transformation of the Roman World Series ; Volume 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns, Medieval.

City planning--Europe--History.

City planning.

Civilization, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2000]

Summary:

The papers in this volume are contributed by leading historians, art historians and archaeologists and focus on 5 key themes: the evolution of settlement patterns in the Byzantine empire; the impact of barbarian elites in Spain, Gaul, Italy and Pannonia; the role of the Church in the definition of new links between town and territories; the situation in culturally homogenous territories such as Constantinople and the minor Langbard polities; the situation in economically defined territories. Contributions include papers by Gian Pietro Brogiolo, Pablo C. Díaz, Michel Fixot, Gisela Ripoll and Javier Arce, Sauro Gelichi, Wolfram Brandes and John Haldon, Nancy Gauthier, Gisella Cantino Wataghin, Ross Balzaretti, Martina Caroli, Neil Christie, Bryan Ward-Perkins and John Mitchell.

Contents:

List of illustrations

Introduction Gian Pietro Brogiolo

City and Territory in Hispania in Late antiquity Pabli C. Diaz

La cite et son territoire: l'exemple du Sud-Est de la Gaule Michel Fixot

The Transformation and End of roman Villae in the West (Fourth-Seventh Centuries: problems and Perspectives) Gisela Ripoll and Javier Arce

Ceramic Production and Distribution in the Early Medieval Mediterranean Basin (Seventh to Tenth Centuries AD): Between Town and Countryside Sauro Gelichi

Towns, Tax and Transformation: Sate, Cities and their Hinterlands in the East Roman World, c.500-800 Wolfram Brandes and John Haldon

Le reseau de pouvoirs de l'eveque dans la Gaule du haut Moyen-Age Nancy Gauthier

Christianisaition et organisation ecclesiastique des campagnes : l'Italie du Nord aux Ive-VIIe siecles Gisella Cautino Wataghin

Monasteries, Towns and the Countryside : Reciprocal Relationships in the Archdiocese of Milan, 614-814 Ross Balzaretti

Bringing Saints to Cities and Monasteries: Translationes in the Making of a Sacred Geography (Ninth-Tenth Centuries) Martina Caroli

Towns, Lands and Power: German-Roman Survivals and Interactions in fifth- and Sixth-Century Pannonia Neil Christie

Towns, Forts and the Countryside: Archaeological Models for northern Italy in the Early Lombard Period (AD 568-650) Gian Pietro Brogiolo

Constantinople: A City and its Ideological Territory Bryan Ward-Perkins

Artistic Patronage and Cultural Strategies in Lombard Italy John Mitchell

Conclusions Nancy Gauthier

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004474796

900447479X

OCLC:

1427666288

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004474796 DOI