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The Bishop's Palace
This lavishly illustrated book looks at the art and architecture of episcopal palaces as expressions of power and ideology. Tracing the history of the bishop's residence in the urban centers of northern Italy over the Middle Ages, Maureen C. Miller asks why this once rudimentary and highly fortified structure called a domus became a complex and elegant "palace" (palatium) by the late twelfth century. Miller argues that the change reflects both the emergence of a distinct clerical culture and the attempts of bishops to maintain authority in public life. She relates both to the Gregorian reform movement, which set new standards for clerical deportment and at the same time undercut episcopal cl...
Authority and Control in the Countryside
Authority and Control in the Countryside looks at the economic, religious, political and cultural instruments that local and regional powers in the late antique to early medieval Mediterranean and Near East used to manage their rural hinterlands.
Bounded Wilderness
In Bounded Wilderness, Kathryn Jasper focuses on the innovations undertaken at the hermitage of Fonte Avellana in central Italy during the eleventh century by its prior, Peter Damian (d. 1072). The congregation of Fonte Avellana experimented with reforming practices that led to new ways of managing property and relations among clergy, nobles, and the laity. Jasper charts how Damian's notion of monastic reform took advantage of the surrounding topography and geography to amplify the sensory aspects of ascetic experiences. By focusing on monastic landscapes and land ownership, Jasper demonstrates that reform extended beyond abstract ideas. Rather, reform circulated locally through monastic networks and addressed practical concerns such as property boundaries and rights over water, orchards, pastures, and mills. Putting new sources, both documentary and archaeological, into conversation with monastic charters and Damian's letters, Bounded Wilderness reveals the interrelationship of economic practices, religious traditions, and the natural environment in the idea and implementation of reform.
Late Medieval Italian Art and Its Contexts
Joanna Cannon's scholarship and teaching have helped shape the historical study of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Italian art; this essay collection by her former students is a tribute to her work.
Mediterranean Valley
From the lakeside encampment of Stone Age scavengers three-quarters of a million years ago to the problems facing modern-day farmers, A Mediterranean Valley documents the long-term settlement history of the Biferno Valley in central-southern Italy, analysing the symbiotic relationship of its landscape and its inhabitants. Integrating the techniques of archaeology, history and geography, this volume traces the history of human settlement in the Valley and shows how it is inextricably linked to the parallel story of landscape development. Unique in its geographical and historical time-scale, the Biferno Valley project is widely cited within the archaeological community and is considered the best example to date of the importance of human settlement in shaping the Mediterranean landscape.
Disease and the Environment in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds
This volume brings together environmental and human perspectives, engages with both historians and scientists, and, being mindful that environments and disease recognize no boundaries, includes studies that touch on Europe, the wider Mediterranean world, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Disease and the Environment in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds explores the intertwined relationships between humans, the natural and manmade environments, and disease. Urgency gives us a sense that we need a longer view of human responses and interactions with the airs, waters, and places in which we live, and a greater understanding of the activities and attitudes that have led us to the present. Throug...
Tramandare la memoria sociale del Novecento
Il volume raccoglie gli atti della giornata di studi Tramandare la memoria sociale del Novecento (Firenze, 21 novembre 2019), in occasione della presentazione del recupero dell’archivio di Gino Cerrito, conservato presso la Biblioteca di scienze sociali dell’Università di Firenze. Un archivio fondamentale per l’indagine sui movimenti sociali del secolo scorso e, in particolare, sul movimento anarchico, con documentazione di straordinario rilievo sulla guerra di Spagna e sul sindacalismo anarchico fra le due guerre. Il progetto di recupero ha offerto l’occasione per una riflessione, condivisa tra storici, archivisti e bibliotecari, docenti, membri di associazioni e rappresentanti deg...
Adoption and Fosterage Practices in the Late Medieval and Modern Age
In recent years historical studies on adoption and fosterage have greatly advanced, very likely due to the importance that such practices have acquired in our own societies. Also in the past – not only during Roman or Late Antique periods, but throughout the Middle Ages and the Modern Era as well – a rather significant number of family units went through adoption and fosterage, experiencing these kinds of ties and relationships on the daily basis. Articles collected in this volume are aimed at analysing the various forms and methods by means of which the concept of “adoption” was interpreted and practiced during the Medieval and Early Modern periods, identifying especially relevant chronological points, examples from different regional and local contexts, reciprocal influences, and family relationships shaped by adoption.
Archeologia Medievale, XXXI, 2004
«Archeologia Medievale» pubblica contributi originali riguardanti l’archeologia postclassica, la storia della cultura materiale in età pre-industriale e le scienze applicate nella forma di saggi e studi originali; relazioni preliminari di scavo; contributi critici su libri, articoli, ritrovamenti, ecc. Vengono pubblicati sia testi in italiano che in altre lingue. Nella sezione Saggi di questo numero sono presenti contributi sull'evoluzione delle ville romane nel tardo-antico, sulla ricognizioni topografiche ed archeologiche nella Campagna Romana e sul metodo di interpretazione dei resti materiali della produzione di campane.
