The Destruction and Recovery of Monte Cassino, 529-1964 / / Kriston R. Rennie.
Between the sixth and twentieth centuries, the Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassino (est. 529) experienced a cycle of atrocities which forever transformed its identity. This book examines how such a tumultuous history has been constructed, remembered, and represented from the Middle Ages to the presen...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Italy in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Prologue: The Oak Tree
- Part I Animus and Anchor
- 1. An Enigma: The Legend of Saint Benedict
- 2. The ‘Citadel of Campania’: Growth and Prosperity
- Part II Rise and Fall
- 3. A Destiny Repeated: Episodes of Destruction
- 4. Floreat Semper: Rebuilding, Stone by Stone
- Part III Preservation and Valorisation
- 5. The People’s Patrimony: Defining Historical Value
- 6. A New Europe: Erasing the Destruction
- Epilogue: Lighthouse
- References
- Index