Early Medieval Rome and the Christian West
Julia M. H. Smith
This illustrated book is a coherently conceived collection of interdisciplinary essays by distinguished authors on the city Rome and its contacts with western Christendom in early Middle Ages (c. 500-1000 AD). The first part integrates historical, archaeological, numismatic art historical approaches to studying transition from Antiquity offers groundbreaking new analyses selected sites problems. Attention given economic, social, religious cultural history city. In second volume liturgical palaeographical address Rome's influence Latin this period, particular regard place within Italian politics Carolingian Francia Anglo-Saxon England.