Rome in the Eighth Century

by John Osborne

This book addresses a critical era in the history of the city of Rome, the eighth century CE. This was the moment when the bishops of Rome assumed political and administrative responsibility for the city's infrastructure and the physical welfare of its inhabitants, in the process creating the papal state that still survives today. John Osborne approaches this using the primary lens of 'material culture' (buildings and their decorations, both surviving...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108834582
• ISBN13: 9781108834582
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 9.8"