A Companion to Rome (c. 400âc. 1050)
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The city of Rome had a remarkable and complex urban continuity even after antiquity and it provided a model of urban living for other cities throughout the Middle Ages. Much existing research has nevertheless focused instead on Rome as the seat of papal power or as an influential idea rather than a real place. This book radically refocuses our attention on Romeâs inhabitants, their identities, relationships, institutions, experiences, agencies, and spaces, and on how these local aspects interacted with the cityâs universal character. It also bridges two periods of the history of Rome that are typically separated, namely late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, through a unique design of mirrored essays on key themes of Romeâs urban history. This work brings to an Anglophone audience new scholarship from scholars across Europe and America. This is a 2-volume set.
Contributors are: Margaret Andrews, Shane Bobrycki, Giulia Bordi, François Bougard, Samuel Cohen, Marios Costambeys, Joseph Dyer, Clemens Gantner, Caroline Goodson, Robert Heffron, Julia Hillner, Mark Humphries, Paul Johnson, Maijastina Kahlos, Paolo Liverani, Markus Löx, Carlos Machado, Federico Marazzi, Maya Maskarinec, Silvia Orlandi, Riccardo Santangeli Valenzani, Kristina Sessa, Lucrezia Spera, Francesca Romana Stasolla, Michela Stefani, Francesca Tinti, Dennis Trout, Andrea Verardi, Massimiliano Vitiello, Giorgia Vocino, Veronica West Harling, and Sarah Whitten.
Contributors are: Margaret Andrews, Shane Bobrycki, Giulia Bordi, François Bougard, Samuel Cohen, Marios Costambeys, Joseph Dyer, Clemens Gantner, Caroline Goodson, Robert Heffron, Julia Hillner, Mark Humphries, Paul Johnson, Maijastina Kahlos, Paolo Liverani, Markus Löx, Carlos Machado, Federico Marazzi, Maya Maskarinec, Silvia Orlandi, Riccardo Santangeli Valenzani, Kristina Sessa, Lucrezia Spera, Francesca Romana Stasolla, Michela Stefani, Francesca Tinti, Dennis Trout, Andrea Verardi, Massimiliano Vitiello, Giorgia Vocino, Veronica West Harling, and Sarah Whitten.
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Caroline Goodson, Ph.D. (2004), Columbia University, is Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Cambridge and, from 2024â27, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities at the American Academy in Rome. She trained as an archaeologist and works at the intersections between material evidence, field archaeology, and early medieval history with particular interests in urbanism and environmental history. Her latest book, Cultivating the City in Early Medieval Italy (Cambridge, 2021), combined these interests.
Julia Hillner, Ph.D. (2001), University of Bonn, is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Bonn and previously held a chair in medieval history at the University of Sheffield. She specializes in the social history of late antiquity, especially the family and the household, crime and punishment, gender and women, and the city of Rome. She is the author of Jedes Haus ist eine Stadt: Privatimmobilien im spätantiken Rom (Bonn, 2004), Prison, Punishment and Penance in Late Antiquity (Cambridge, 2015), and Helena Augusta: Mother of the Empire (Oxford, 2023).
Julia Hillner, Ph.D. (2001), University of Bonn, is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Bonn and previously held a chair in medieval history at the University of Sheffield. She specializes in the social history of late antiquity, especially the family and the household, crime and punishment, gender and women, and the city of Rome. She is the author of Jedes Haus ist eine Stadt: Privatimmobilien im spätantiken Rom (Bonn, 2004), Prison, Punishment and Penance in Late Antiquity (Cambridge, 2015), and Helena Augusta: Mother of the Empire (Oxford, 2023).
This volume will be especially relevant to students, researchers, and an educated public with an interest in the history of the city of Rome, archaeology, art history, the history of religions & theology, and urban studies.
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
List of Figures and Tables
List of Bishops and Popes
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction
âCaroline Goodson and Julia Hillner
2 Coming to Rome in Late Antiquity
âMark Humphries
3 Coming to Rome in the Early Middle Ages
âFrancesca Tinti
4 War upon Rome in Late Antiquity
âKristina Sessa
5 War upon Rome in the Early Middle Ages
âSarah Whitten
6 Late Antique Romans
âMassimiliano A. Vitiello
7 Early Medieval Romans
âAndrea A. Verardi
8 Urban Administration in Late Antique Rome
âSilvia Orlandi
9 Urban Administration in Early Medieval Rome
âClemens Gantner
10 Social Conflict in Late Antique Rome
âSamuel Cohen
11 Social Conflict in Early Medieval Rome
âShane Bobrycki
12 Law and Justice in Late Antique Rome
âJulia Hillner
13 Law and Justice in Early Medieval Rome
âFrançois Bougard
14 Welfare in Late Antique Rome
âPaul S. Johnson
15 Welfare in Early Medieval Rome
âFrancesca Romana Stasolla
16 Artisans in Rome: Textile Craft and Trade
âGiulia Bordi
17 Plants and Animals in Rome
âCaroline Goodson
18 The Suburbium of Rome in the Transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
âFederico Marazzi
19 Religious Communities in Late Antique Rome
âMaijastina Kahlos
20 Religious Communities in Early Medieval Rome
âMarios Costambeys
21 Women in Collective Spaces, Places, and Rituals of Late Antique Rome
âRobert Heffron
22 Laity and Clergy in Collective Spaces, Places, and Rituals of Early Medieval Rome
âJoseph Dyer
23 Saints and Their Cults in Late Antique Rome
âMarkus Löx
24 Saints and Their Cults in Early Medieval Rome
âMaya Maskarinec
25 Neighborhoods in Late Antique Rome
âMargaret M. Andrews
26 Neighborhoods in Early Medieval Rome
âVeronica West-Harling
27 Domestic Spaces in Late Antique Rome
âCarlos Machado
28 Domestic Spaces in Early Medieval Rome
âRiccardo Santangeli Valenzani
29 Education, Literacy, and Literature in Late Antique Rome
âDennis Trout
30 Education, Literacy, and Literature in Early Medieval Rome
âGiorgia Vocino
31 Death in Late Antique Rome
âLucrezia Spera
32 Death in Early Medieval Rome
âMichela Stefani
33 From Ancient to Medieval Rome: A Tale of Two Cities
âPaolo Liverani
Bibliography
Indices
âIndex of People
âIndex of Places
âIndex of General Terms
Abbreviations
List of Figures and Tables
List of Bishops and Popes
Notes on Contributors
Volume 1
1 Introduction
âCaroline Goodson and Julia Hillner
PART 1: External Forces
2 Coming to Rome in Late Antiquity
âMark Humphries
3 Coming to Rome in the Early Middle Ages
âFrancesca Tinti
4 War upon Rome in Late Antiquity
âKristina Sessa
5 War upon Rome in the Early Middle Ages
âSarah Whitten
PART 2: Internal Forces
6 Late Antique Romans
âMassimiliano A. Vitiello
7 Early Medieval Romans
âAndrea A. Verardi
8 Urban Administration in Late Antique Rome
âSilvia Orlandi
9 Urban Administration in Early Medieval Rome
âClemens Gantner
10 Social Conflict in Late Antique Rome
âSamuel Cohen
11 Social Conflict in Early Medieval Rome
âShane Bobrycki
12 Law and Justice in Late Antique Rome
âJulia Hillner
13 Law and Justice in Early Medieval Rome
âFrançois Bougard
PART 3: Economies, Materialities, and Environment
14 Welfare in Late Antique Rome
âPaul S. Johnson
15 Welfare in Early Medieval Rome
âFrancesca Romana Stasolla
16 Artisans in Rome: Textile Craft and Trade
âGiulia Bordi
17 Plants and Animals in Rome
âCaroline Goodson
18 The Suburbium of Rome in the Transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
âFederico Marazzi
Volume 2
PART 4: Identity and Belief
19 Religious Communities in Late Antique Rome
âMaijastina Kahlos
20 Religious Communities in Early Medieval Rome
âMarios Costambeys
21 Women in Collective Spaces, Places, and Rituals of Late Antique Rome
âRobert Heffron
22 Laity and Clergy in Collective Spaces, Places, and Rituals of Early Medieval Rome
âJoseph Dyer
23 Saints and Their Cults in Late Antique Rome
âMarkus Löx
24 Saints and Their Cults in Early Medieval Rome
âMaya Maskarinec
PART 5: Living and Dying in the City
25 Neighborhoods in Late Antique Rome
âMargaret M. Andrews
26 Neighborhoods in Early Medieval Rome
âVeronica West-Harling
27 Domestic Spaces in Late Antique Rome
âCarlos Machado
28 Domestic Spaces in Early Medieval Rome
âRiccardo Santangeli Valenzani
29 Education, Literacy, and Literature in Late Antique Rome
âDennis Trout
30 Education, Literacy, and Literature in Early Medieval Rome
âGiorgia Vocino
31 Death in Late Antique Rome
âLucrezia Spera
32 Death in Early Medieval Rome
âMichela Stefani
PART 6: Conclusion
33 From Ancient to Medieval Rome: A Tale of Two Cities
âPaolo Liverani
Bibliography
Indices
âIndex of People
âIndex of Places
âIndex of General Terms