John Osborne

Rome in the Ninth Century (eBook, PDF)

A History in Art

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009415392
• Artikelnr.: 70910385

Autorenporträt

John Osborne is currently Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at Carleton University, Ottawa and an Associate Fellow of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto. His monograph, Rome in the Eighth Century: a history in art (Cambridge, 2020), won the 2021 Margaret Wade Labarge prize of the Canadian Society of Medievalists.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Rome in 800: the pontificate of Leo III
3. Paschal I, the church of Santa Prassede, and the question of a 'Carolingian renovatio' in Rome
4. Paschal II: other projects
5. Eugenius II, Gregory IV, and Sergius II
6. The gathering storm: the pontificate of Pope Leo IV (847-55)
7. Benedict III, Nicholas I and Hadrian II, and the continuing 'Greek' presence in Rome
8. The last hurrah: John VIII (872-82)
9. 'Not with a bang but a whimper'
10. Afterword.