La rete ecclesiastica in Toscana settentrionale (IV-X secolo). Dati e riflessioni alla luce del progetto CARE
Gabriele Castiglia
The aim of this paper is to present a general overview the formation and diffusion ecclesiastical network, both urban rural, in territory corresponding actual boundaries Northern Tuscany, from 4th century A.D. 10th. research based on CARE project (directed by M. Jurković G.P. Brogiolo), which author studying recording all churches for such area. topography christian buildings starts late 4th-early 5th major towns, as Lucca Firenze where, end 6th, fully spread, comprehending also important funerary suburbia; rural areas, instead, Late Antique centuries seems be weaker, even though significant are well known, like San Piero Grado others, signs progressive christianization countrysides, will reach its heyday Lombard era onwards and, more, Carolingian period.
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