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Pilgrimage to Rome in the Middle Ages
Rome was one of the major pilgrim destinations in the middle ages. The belief that certain objects and places were a focus of holiness where pilgrims could come closer to God had a long history in Christian tradition; in the case of Rome, the tradition developed around two of the city's most important martyrs, Christ's apostles Peter and Paul. So strong were the city's associations with these apostles that pilgrimage to Rome was often referred to as pilgrimage t̀o the threshold of the apostles'. Debra Birch conveys a vivid picture of the world of the medieval pilgrim to Rome - the Romipetae, or R̀ome-seekers' - covering all aspects of their journey, and their life in the city itself. --Back cover.
City of Echoes
In Rome the echoes of the past resound clearly in its palaces and monuments, and in the remains of the ancient imperial city. But another presence has dominated Rome for 2,000 years -the pope, whose actions and influence echo down the ages. In this epic tale, historian Jessica Wärnberg tells, for the first time, the story of Rome through the lens of its popes, illuminating how these remarkable (and unremarkable) men have transformed lives and played a crucial role in deciding the fate of the city. Emerging as the anonymous leader of a marginal cult in the humblest quarters of the city, less than 300 years later the pope sat enthroned in a gilt basilica, endorsed by the emperor himself. Eventually, the Roman pontiff would supplant even the emperors, becoming the de facto ruler of Rome and pre-eminent leader of the Christian world. Shifting elegantly between the panoramic and the personal, the spiritual and the profane, this is a fresh and often surprising take on a city, a people and an institution that is at once familiar and elusive.
Roma
«Mentre monarchie, dittature e imperi sbiadivano negli annali del passato, il ruolo dei papi ha saputo conservarsi nel tempo e le loro gesta si sono riverberate oltre le mura di Roma.» La storica britannica Jessica Wärnberg ripercorre per la prima volta la storia della Roma papale, da san Pietro ai giorni nostri, raccontando la nascita di un'istituzione che non solo ha saputo resistere ai tumulti della Storia, ma che ha anche trasformato la città eterna nel più importante centro spirituale al mondo. Quando i primi cristiani giunsero nella Roma pagana, a metà del I secolo d.C., la città era già il cuore pulsante di una delle maggiori civiltà dell'Occidente, aveva dato origine a una r...
The Porcelain God
Traces the history of the toilet from the third millennium B.C. and its evolution over five thousand years into the high-tech twentieth century toilets of the Japanese.
중세교회사 다시 읽기
책소개 ‘다시 읽기’ 시리즈 그 두 번째, 중세교회를 다시 읽는다! 바울·아우구스티누스, 그리고 루터·칼뱅 그 사이에 놓인 ‘천 년’의 공백을 메우는 강의! 중세는 단절된 1,000년이 아니다 《중세교회사 다시 읽기》는 《초대교회사 다시 읽기》(2018)로 독자들의 관심을 모았던 최종원 교수의 ‘다시 읽기’ 시리즈 두 번째 책이다. 중세는 476년 서로마 멸망에서 시작해 1517년 루터의 종교개혁까지를 가리킨다. 흔히 이 시기는 ‘암흑기’, ‘교황 지배 시대’로 여겨지며, ‘면벌부’와 ‘십자군’이라는 상징으로 주로 기억...
Pilgrimage Explored
The history and underlying ideology of pilgrimage examined, from prehistory to the middle ages.
