Rome in the Eighth Century
Rome in the Eighth Century

Author: John Osborne

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-07-09

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1108834582

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A history of Rome in the critical eighth century CE focusing on the evidence of material culture and archaeology.

On the Donation of Constantine
On the Donation of Constantine

Author: Lorenzo Valla

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780674030893

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Valla (1407-1457) was the most important theorist of the humanist movement. His most famous work is the present volume, an oration in which Valla uses new philological methods to attack the authenticity of the most important document justifying the papacy's claims to temporal rule.

The Invention of Papal History
The Invention of Papal History

Author: Stefan Bauer

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 0198807007

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The Catholic Church is among the oldest, most secretive, institutions in the world, but in the sixteenth century a friar, Onofrio Panvinio, undertook ground-breaking investigations into the Church's history from Christ to the Renaissance. This study shows how his writings impacted on church and society, but also how he changed historical writing.

Old Saint Peter's, Rome
Old Saint Peter's, Rome

Author: Rosamond McKitterick

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-11-07

Total Pages: 523

ISBN-13: 1107041643

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Provides the first full study of the predecessor church of St Peter's Basilica in Rome, from late antique construction to Renaissance destruction.

Rome and the Invention of the Papacy
Rome and the Invention of the Papacy

Author: Rosamond McKitterick

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-06-25

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1108836828

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The first full study of the most remarkable history of the early popes and their relationship with Rome, the Liber pontificalis.