Emperor to Emperor: Italy Before the Renaissance |
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11th century abbey Abbot Aghlabid ancient Apulia Arab architecture Bari basilica became Benedictine Benevento bishop building built Byzantine Calabria capital Capua Carolingian Castel del Monte castle Catapan cathedral Cefalù centre chapter Christian chronicler church Cistercian Cittanova commune compagne Constantinople court Cremona culture decorated Desiderius Emperor Empire façade fact fleet Frederick Frederick II frescoes Genoa Genoese Greek Ibn Haukal imperial important included influence Italian kingdom known land later Liutprand Maria del Monte medieval merchants Milan military modern monasteries monastic monks Montecassino mosaics mosque Muslim Naples Nicola Norman northern palace palatium Palazzo Palermo Paul the Deacon Pavia period piazza Pisa Pisan political Pope popolo populus port Porta quarter Ravenna represented Robert Guiscard Roger role Roman Rome royal rule rulers Salerno San Michele Sant'Angelo Sant'Angelo in Formis Santa Maria seen Sicilian Sicily southern Italy St Benedict surviving symbol Theoderic tower transhumance Venice walls
References to this book
From Constantine to Charlemagne: An Archaeology of Italy, AD 300-800 Neil Christie Limited preview - 2006 |