Main entry:

Hodges, Richard.

Title & Author:

Light in the Dark Ages : the rise and fall of San Vincenzo al Volturno / Richard Hodges.

Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1997.

Description:

xix, 231 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-224) and index.
Rewriting history -- The San Vincenzo Chronicles -- Samnium? San Vincenzo before the monastery -- The makings of a medieval monastery -- Abbot Joshua's city -- San Vincenzo at its zenith -- The sack of San Vincenzo, 10 October 881 -- After the Arabs -- In the shadow of San Vincenzo -- San Vincenzo and its European context.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0801434165 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780801434167 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0715623702 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780715623701 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

San Vincenzo al Volturno (Benedictine Abbey) History.
Benedictines Italy.
Benedictines.
San Vincenzo al Volturno (Benedictine Abbey)
Kloster San Vincenzo al Volturno
San Vincenzo al Volturno Kloster.
Monasticism and religious orders Italy History Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christian antiquities Italy.
Excavations (Archaeology) Italy.
Monachisme et ordres religieux Italie Histoire 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Antiquités chrétiennes Italie.
Antiquities.
Christian antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Monasticism and religious orders Middle Ages.
Geschichte
Opgravingen.
Kloosters.
Vroege middeleeuwen.
San Vincenzo al Volturno (klooster)
Italy Antiquities.
Italie Antiquités.
Italy.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 135891
Call No.: ID BX2624.S327.H63; ID:97-B868
Status: Available