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23553 results in Ancient history

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  • 6 - Death and Burial

  • John Osborne, Carleton University, Ottawa
  • Book:
    Rome in the Tenth Century
    Published online:
    01 April 2025
    Print publication:
    24 April 2025, pp 119-126

  • Summary

    This chapter addresses the theme of ‘Death and Burial’, focussing on what little is known about prestigious burials in Roman churches, including various popes and the emperor Otto II.

  • 3 - Historical Synopsis

  • John Osborne, Carleton University, Ottawa
  • Book:
    Rome in the Tenth Century
    Published online:
    01 April 2025
    Print publication:
    24 April 2025, pp 33-52

  • Summary

    A historical overview of Rome’s political, economic, and social history between 900 and 1000. The first six decades are dominated by four generations of the ‘House of Theophylact’, lay magnates who control the papacy, restore the Roman economy, and provide the principal source of patronage; and the final four decades by the Saxon emperors, Otto I, Otto II, and Otto III, who vie with the Roman aristocracy for control of both the city and the papacy.

  • 1 - Introduction

  • John Osborne, Carleton University, Ottawa
  • Book:
    Rome in the Tenth Century
    Published online:
    01 April 2025
    Print publication:
    24 April 2025, pp 1-11

  • Summary

    An introductory examination of written texts dealing with the tenth century, focussing on Liutprand of Cremona and Benedict of Monte Soratte. These constitute our principal historical sources in the absence of Liber pontificalis entries for this century.

  • 5 - Monasticism

  • John Osborne, Carleton University, Ottawa
  • Book:
    Rome in the Tenth Century
    Published online:
    01 April 2025
    Print publication:
    24 April 2025, pp 88-118

  • Summary

    An examination of the role of monasticism in material culture, especially following the important role of Odo of Cluny in introducing the Benedictine rule to Roman monasteries. Examples covered include mural paintings in the churches of S. Maria Antiqua and S. Saba, and the silver covers of a Gospels manuscript created for the convent of SS. Ciriaco e Nicola.

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