Main entry:

Wickham, Chris, 1950- author.

Title & Author:

Medieval Rome : stability and crisis of a city, 900-1150 / Chris Wickham.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Description:

xviii, 501 pages, 9 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Series:

Oxford studies in medieval European history

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Grand narratives: The problematic ; The problem of sources ; The problem of historiography ; A political framework for Roman history -- The countryside and the city: The land of castles ; The Agro Romano ; The vineyard belt ; Conclusion -- The urban economy: The urban fabric ; The urban economy ; Macroeconomic problems -- Urban aristocracies: The 'old aristocracy' and the Ancien Régime of Rome, 900-1046 ; The 'new aristocracy' ; Rome's aristocracies in an Italian context -- Medium elites and church clienteles: the society of Rome's regions in the eleventh and twelth centuries: Medium elites ; Three Roman Regiones ; Social networks in the city of Rome: parishes, clienteles and informal associations -- The geography of ritual and identity: The ritual construction of Rome ; Past and present in Rome's self-image -- The crisis, 1050-1150: Fall and rise of a judicial system ; The rules of politics in Rome, 1050-1150 ; Political expedients in the crisis decades ; The social origins of the commune.
Previously published in Italian: Roma medievale, crisi e stabilità di una città, 900-1150 (Viella, 2013).
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Analyses a period of major change in Rome, looking at the city's processions, material culture, legal transformations, and sense of the past to unravel the complexities of Roman cultural identity, urban economy, and social history across different strata of society and regions.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents only

ISBN:

9780199684960
0199684960

Subject:

Påvedömet historia.
Historia.
Vardagsliv och traditioner.
Rome (Italy) History 476-1420.
Rome (Italie) Histoire 476-1420.
Italy Rome
Rom
Italien Rom.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Oxford studies in medieval European history.

Stability and crisis of a city, 900-1150

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289964
Call No.: BIB 232686
Status: Available