Rome in the eighth century: a history in art
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…
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- Full title :Rome in the eighth century : a history in art / John Osborne (Carleton Unversity, Ottawa).
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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 This methodological approach of using buildings and objects as historical documents is embodied in the phrase 'history in art.
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- Publication Date:2020
- Edition:First published
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge Univesity Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2020
Notes
Bibliografia. Índex.
The Physical Object
- Description:xx, 291 pàgines: : il·lustracions (algunes en color) ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781108834582, 1108834582, 9781108819527, 1108819524, 9781108876056, 1108876056
- oclc:on1331534013
Table of Contents
Rome in 700: 'Constantinople on the Tiber' -- John VII servus sanctae Mariae -- Clerics, monks, and saints -- 'The City of the Church' -- The Chapel of The Chapel of The Chapel of Theodotus in Santa Maria Antiqua -- Pope Zacharias and the Lateran Palace -- Rome and the Franks -- Paul I -- Hadrian I dux Dei -- Leo III and Charlemagne
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