Description
| Product ID: | 9781108838535 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The Making of Medieval Rome |
| Subtitle: | A New Profile of the City, 400 – 1420 |
| Authors: | Author: Hendrik Dey |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | History of art, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, History of art, Landscape architecture and design, European history, History, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, Landscape art & architecture, European history, Medieval history, Italy, c 500 CE to c 1000 CE, c 1000 CE to c 1500 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-10-14 |