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Urban developments in late antique and medieval Rome : revising the narrative of renewal /

A narrative of decline punctuated by periods of renewal has long structured perceptions of Rome's late antique and medieval history. In their probing contributions to this volume, a multi-disciplinary group of scholars provides alternative approaches to understanding the period. Addressing deve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kalas, Gregor (Editor ), Dijk, Ann van (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2021.
Colección:Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages ; 9.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction: Revising the Narrative of Renewal for Late Antique and Medieval Rome
  • Gregor Kalas and Ann van Dijk
  • 2. Rome at War: The Effects of Crisis on Church and Community in Late Antiquity
  • Kristina Sessa
  • 3. Portraits of Poets and the Lecture Halls in the Forum of Trajan: Masking Cultural Tensions in Late Antique Rome
  • Gregor Kalas
  • 4. Rolling Out the Red Carpet, Roman-Style: The Arrival at Rome From Constantine to Charlemagne
  • Jacob Latham
  • 5. (Re- )Founding Christian Rome: The Honorian Project of the Early Seventh Century
  • Dennis Trout
  • 6. After Antiquity: Renewing the Past or Celebrating the Present? Early Medieval Apse Mosaics in Rome
  • Erik Thunø
  • 7. The Re-Invention of Rome in the Early Middle Ages
  • John Osborne
  • 8. Rewriting the Renouveau
  • Dale Kinney
  • 9. Renewal, Heritage, and Exchange in Eleventh-Century Roman Chant Traditions
  • Luisa Nardini
  • 10. Reforming Readers, Reforming Texts: The Making of Discursive Community in Gregorian Rome
  • William North
  • Manuscripts Cited
  • Index