Building in early medieval Rome, 500-1000 AD
Robert Coates-Stephens
The thesis concerns the organisation and typology of building construction in Rome during period 500 - 1000 AD. Part 1 contains three chapters on: (1) finance administration building; (2) materials construction; (3) workforce (including here architects architectural tracts). 2 again ecclesiastical architecture; fortifications aqueducts; domestic architecture. Using textual sources from (papal registers, property deeds, technical tracts historical works), archaeological data Renaissance to present day, much new survey-work carried out surrounding country, I have outlined a model for development architecture period. This emphasises periods directly preceding succeeding age so-called Renaissance, pointing evidence activity these supposed dark ages. At same time discovered presented physical important papal rebuilding city's water-supply eighth ninth centuries. A thorough re-examination over one hundred years publications has provided outline early medieval habitation. picture emerges an increasingly independent, centralised run by Church Rome, breaking away very ambit Byzantium, almost entirely uninfluenced developments Carolingian Europe. eclipse authority at end century led vital sector private patronage. time, however, techniques never departed radically those Early Christian, or indeed Late Roman, periods.
Doctoral thesis, UCL (University College London).