Light in the Dark Ages: The Rise and Fall of San Vincenzo Al Volturno: The Rise and Fall of San Vincenzo Al Voltumo - Rilegato

Hodges, Richard

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ISBN 10: 0801434165 ISBN 13: 9780801434167

Casa editrice: Cornell Univ Pr, 1997

Riassunto

Beginning in 1981, Richard Hodges supervised the excavation of the Benedictine monastery of San Vincenzo al Volturno, one of the great centers of Dark Age Europe, situated in spectacular mountain country in central Italy. The existence of the monastery has long been known from a twelfth-century illuminated manuscript, and the excavations threw vivid light on its epic history. This richly illustrated book tells of the discoveries made by Hodges's team, with the Samnite and Roman origins of the site charted in detail and the magnificence of the monastery's early medieval period fully elaborated.
Light in the Dark Ages traces the history of San Vincenzo from the monastery's spectacular rise as a result of Charlemagne's patronage to its cataclysmic sack by Arab marauders in 881, demonstrating the relation between the treasures unearthed and their political context.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Richard Hodges is now Director of the World Institute of Archaeology in the School of World Arts and Museology at the University of East Anglia.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cornell Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0801434165
• ISBN 13: 9780801434167
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 231
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile