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 volume radically refocuses our attention on Rome’s inhabitants, their identities, relationships, institutions, experiences, agencies, and spaces, and on how these local aspects interacted with the city’s 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 Rome’s urban history. This volume brings to an Anglophone audience new scholarship from scholars across Europe and America.

Table des matières :

VOLUME 1

Introduction — Caroline Goodson, Julia Hillner

Part 1. External Forces

Mark Humphries — Coming to Rome in Late Antiquity

Francesca Tinti — Coming to Rome in the Early Middle Ages

Kristina Sessa — War upon Rome in Late Antiquity

Sarah Whitten — War upon Rome in the Early Middle Ages

Part 2. Internal Forces

Massimiliano A. Vitiello — Late Antique Romans

Andrea A. Verardi — Early Medieval Romans

Silvia Orlandi — Urban Administration in Late Antique Rome

Clemens Gantner — Urban Administration in Early Medieval Rome

Samuel Cohen — Social Conflict in Late Antique Rome

Shane Bobrycki — Social Conflict in Early Medieval Rome

Julia Hillner — Law and Justice in Late Antique Rome

François Bougard — Law and Justice in Early Medieval Rome

Part 3. Economies, Materialities, and Environment

Paul S. Johnson — Welfare in Late Antique Rome

Francesca Romana Stasolla — Welfare in Early Medieval Rome

Giulia Bordi — Artisans in Rome: Textile Craft and Trade

Caroline Goodson — Plants and Animals in Rome

Federico Marazzi — The Suburbium of Rome in the Transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages

VOLUME 2

Part 4. Identity and Belief

Maijastina Kahlos — Religious Communities in Late Antique Rome

Marios Costambeys — Religious Communities in Early Medieval Rome

Robert Heffron — Women in Collective Spaces, Places, and Rituals of Late Antique Rome

Joseph Dyer — Laity and Clergy in Collective Spaces, Places, and Rituals of Early Medieval Rome

Markus Löx — Saints and Their Cults in Late Antique Rome

Maya Maskarinec — Saints and Their Cults in Early Medieval Rome

Part 5. Living and Dying in the City

Margaret M. Andrews — Neighborhoods in Late Antique Rome

Veronica West-Harling — Neighborhoods in Early Medieval Rome

Carlos Machado — Domestic Spaces in Late Antique Rome

Riccardo Santangeli Valenzani — Domestic Spaces in Early Medieval Rome

Dennis Trout — Education, Literacy, and Literature in Late Antique Rome

Giorgia Vocino — Education, Literacy, and Literature in Early Medieval Rome

Lucrezia Spera — Death in Late Antique Rome

Michela Stefani — Death in Early Medieval Rome

Part 6. Conclusion

Paolo Liverani — From Ancient to Medieval Rome: A Tale of Two Cities

Informations pratiques :

A Companion to Rome (c. 400–c. 1050), éd. Caroline Goodson, Julia Hillner, Leyde–Boston, 2025 ; 2 vol. (Brill’s Companions to European History, 32). ISBN : 978-90-04-73877-5, 978-90-04-74176-8. Prix :€ 152,00, € 152,00.

Source : Brill