Power and Patronage in Early Medieval Italy: Local Society, Italian Politics and the Abbey of Farfa, C.700-900
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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,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521178304
ISBN13:9780521178303
Release Date:March 2011
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:410 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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