The Making of Medieval Rome: A New Profile of the City, 400 – 1420
Cambridge University Press, 10/14/2021
EAN 9781108838535, ISBN10: 1108838537
Hardcover, 400 pages, 27.9 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Integrating the written sources with Rome's surviving remains and, most importantly, with the results of the past half-century's worth of medieval archaeology in the city, The Making of Medieval Rome is the first in-depth profile of Rome's transformation over a millennium to appear in any language in over forty years. Though the main focus rests on Rome's urban trajectory in topographical, architectural, and archaeological terms, Hendrik folds aspects of ecclesiastical, political, social, military, economic, and intellectual history into the narrative in order to illustrate how and why the cityscape evolved as it did during the thousand years between the end of the Roman Empire and the start of the Renaissance. A wide-ranging synthesis of decades' worth of specialized research and remarkable archaeological discoveries, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in how and why the ancient imperial capital transformed into the spiritual heart of Western Christendom.
Introduction
1. The eternal city on the brink
Rome in 400 AD
2. 401-552
from imperial metropolis to provincial town
3. 552-705
Byzantine Rome
4. 705-882
a papal 'republic of the Romans'
5. 882-1046
the long twilight of the early middle ages
6. 1046-1230
church reformed, senate reborn, Rome renascent
7. 1230-1420
Barons, babylonian captivity, and black death. The apogee and agony of late medieval Rome.