Book contents
- Rome in the Eighth Century
- British School at Rome Studies
- Rome in the Eighth Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1 Rome in 700: ‘Constantinople on the Tiber’
- 2 Pope John VII servus sanctae Mariae
- 3 Clerics, Monks and Pilgrims
- 4 ‘The City of the Church’
- 5 The Chapel of Theodotus in Santa Maria Antiqua
- 6 Pope Zacharias and the Lateran Palace
- 7 Rome and the Franks
- 8 Paul I
- 9 Hadrian I dux Dei
- 10 Leo III and Charlemagne
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section
4 - ‘The City of the Church’
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 June 2020
Book contents
- Rome in the Eighth Century
- British School at Rome Studies
- Rome in the Eighth Century
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1 Rome in 700: ‘Constantinople on the Tiber’
- 2 Pope John VII servus sanctae Mariae
- 3 Clerics, Monks and Pilgrims
- 4 ‘The City of the Church’
- 5 The Chapel of Theodotus in Santa Maria Antiqua
- 6 Pope Zacharias and the Lateran Palace
- 7 Rome and the Franks
- 8 Paul I
- 9 Hadrian I dux Dei
- 10 Leo III and Charlemagne
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section
Summary
A survey of the political and economic challenges facing the papacy in the first four decades of the eighth century, including theological disputes with the emperors in Byzantium and the increasing hostility of the Lombard kings, in addition to a discussion of how these are reflected in ‘material culture’ as revealed by archaeology.
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- Rome in the Eighth CenturyA History in Art, pp. 88 - 94Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020