Rome and the Cosmopolitan Language of Power in Early Medieval Inscriptions in the British Isles
John Higgitt
This paper investigates some of the ways in which idea Rome was exploited inscriptions British Isles during early Middle Ages order to evoke Empire or that Church and St Peter. In Wales Western Britain, can suggest a political identification with 'Roman' traditions. For recently converted Anglo-Saxons, were means identifying Various devices are considered, including re-use Roman inscribed stones. The honorific use centre an inscription for key name symmetrical balancing elements around eleventh-century at Deerhurst shown derive from prestigious Rome.
Hortus artium medievalium