Power and Patronage in Early Medieval Italy

Local Society, Italian Politics and the Abbey of Farfa, C.700 900

von

Costambeys, Marios

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback

410 Seiten

Englisch

Cambridge University Presserschienen am03.03.2011

Founded around the beginning of the eighth century in the Sabine hills north of Rome, the abbey of Farfa was for centuries a barometer of social and political change in central Italy. Conventionally, the region's history in the early Middle Ages revolves around the rise of the papacy as a secular political power. But Farfa's avoidance of domination by the pope throughout its early medieval history, despite one pope's involvement in its early establishment, reveals that papal aggrandizement had strict limits. Other parties - local elites, as well as Lombard and then Carolingian rulers - were often more important in structuring power in the region. Many were also patrons of Farfa, and this book reveals how a major ecclesiastical institution operated in early medieval politics, as a conduit for others' interests, and a player in its own right.mehr

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KlappentextFounded around the beginning of the eighth century in the Sabine hills north of Rome, the abbey of Farfa was for centuries a barometer of social and political change in central Italy. Conventionally, the region's history in the early Middle Ages revolves around the rise of the papacy as a secular political power. But Farfa's avoidance of domination by the pope throughout its early medieval history, despite one pope's involvement in its early establishment, reveals that papal aggrandizement had strict limits. Other parties - local elites, as well as Lombard and then Carolingian rulers - were often more important in structuring power in the region. Many were also patrons of Farfa, and this book reveals how a major ecclesiastical institution operated in early medieval politics, as a conduit for others' interests, and a player in its own right.

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ISBN/GTIN978-0-521-17830-3

ProduktartTaschenbuch

EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback

Verlag

Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr2011

Erscheinungsdatum03.03.2011

Seiten410 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 152 mm, Höhe 229 mm, Dicke 24 mm

Gewicht663 g

Artikel-Nr.12143548

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GenreGeschichte/Politik

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Patronage and Lombard rulers; 3. Authority, rulership and the abbey; 4. The Farfa monks and abbots: identities and affiliations; 5. Sabine lands and landowners; 6. Elite families in the Sabina; 7. Farfa and Italian politics in the Lombard era; 8. Farfa, Italian politics and the Carolingians.mehr

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Review of the hardback: 'As its title implies, this book deals with a rather broad issue on several levels and as such might appear at first blush to be somewhat overreaching. However, as a result of his superb research, impeccable organization and disciplined writing style, Marios Costambeys, a Lecturer in History at the University of Liverpool, has been able to synthesize enormous amounts of data into a coherent and insightful study that remains faithfully within the parameters of its main thesis.' The Medieval Reviewmehr