Urban Developments in Late Antique and Medieval Rome : : Revising the Narrative of Renewal / / ed. by Ann Dijk, Gregor Kalas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Dijk, Ann,; Kalas, Gregor,; Kinney, Dale,; Latham, Jacob,; Nardini, Luisa,; North, William,; Osborne, John,; Sessa, Kristina,; Thunø, Erik,; Trout, Dennis,
• HerausgeberIn: Dijk, Ann,; Kalas, Gregor,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages ; 9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (342 p.)

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...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Table of Contents
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• List of Abbreviations
• 1. Introduction: Revising the Narrative of Renewal for Late Antique and Medieval Rome
• 2. Rome at War: The Effects of Crisis on Church and Community in Late Antiquity
• 3. Portraits of Poets and the Lecture Halls in the Forum of Trajan : Masking Cultural Tensions in Late Antique Rome
• 4. Rolling Out the Red Carpet, Roman-Style : The Arrival at Rome From Constantine to Charlemagne
• 5. (Re-)Founding Christian Rome: The Honorian Project of the Early Seventh Century
• 6. After Antiquity: Renewing the Past or Celebrating the Present? Early Medieval Apse Mosaics in Rome
• 7. The Re-Invention of Rome in the Early Middle Ages
• 8. Rewriting the Renouveau
• 9. Renewal, Heritage, and Exchange in Eleventh-Century Roman Chant Traditions
• 10. Reforming Readers, Reforming Texts : The Making of Discursive Community in Gregorian Rome
• Manuscripts Cited
• Index