City of saints: rebuilding Rome in the early Middle Ages
City of Saints explores how Byzantine Rome naturalized saints from throughout the Mediterranean world to build a new sacred topography. As a result, an exhausted city with a limited Christian presence metamorphosed into the spiritual center of Western Christianity
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Press
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | The Middle Ages series
The Middle Ages Ser |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Vatican Palace
/ Sanctuary
/ Reconstruction
/ History 500-1000
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| RelBib Classification: | KCD Hagiography; saints |
| Further subjects: | B
Christianity
Social aspects
Europe
History
To 1500
B Christian saints B Christian saints Cult Italy Rome History To 1500 B Rome (Italy) B Rome (Italy) Church history B Electronic books B Christianity B Christianity Social aspects Italy Rome History To 1500 B Rome (Italy) History 476-1420 |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: Maskarinec, Maya: City of Saints : Rebuilding Rome in the Early Middle Ages. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,c2018. - 9780812250084 |
| Summary: | City of Saints explores how Byzantine Rome naturalized saints from throughout the Mediterranean world to build a new sacred topography. As a result, an exhausted city with a limited Christian presence metamorphosed into the spiritual center of Western Christianity Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A City of Saints -- Chapter 2. Imperial Saints Triumphant in the Forum Romanum -- Chapter 3. St. Caesarius on the Palatine: Enriching Rome by Imperial Orders -- Chapter 4. Miraculous Charity Along the Tiber's Banks -- Chapter 5. Fashioning Saints for the Affluent on the Aventine Hill -- Chapter 6. Collectivities of Sanctity in Early Medieval Rome -- Chapter 7. Carolingian Romes Outside of Rome -- Chapter 8. A Universalizing Rome Through the Lens of Ado of Vienne -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Saints from Abroad Venerated in Rome, ca. 500-800 -- Appendix 2. Theodotus and S. Angelo in Pescheria -- Appendix 3. The Translatio of St. Caesarius from Terracina to Rome -- Appendix 4. The Spread of St. George's Cult -- Appendix 5. An Early Medieval Diaconia Dedicated to St. Nicholas? -- Appendix 6. The Passio of St. Boniface of Tarsus -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgments -- Color plates |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 0812294955 |