Where the Middle Ages Begin
The Iconography of the Gothic Ciborium in Rome, c. 1285-1370 By Ragnhild Marthine Bø Medievalista Online, Vol.4:4 (2008) Introduction: There are four Gothic ciboria in Rome today: one in S. Paolo, executed by Arnolfo di Cambio (c.1240-1302) in 1285, one in S. Cecilia, also by Arnolfo di Cambio, made in 1293, one in S. Maria […]
This study will analyse rituals on the Via Tiburtina, and their impact on the bid for power in late antique Rome.
It was this presumed family connection with Thomas that first inspired my own interest in pilgrimage and was the reason why, in spring 2002, some 600 years after Thomas set out on his pilgrimage, that I myself set out with a friend, Valeria Coke, to walk to Rome.
Restoring the Ancient Water Supply System in Renaissance Rome: The Popes, the civic administration, and the Acqua Vergine By David Karmon The Waters of Rome, No.3 (2005) Introduction: When the humanist Pier Paolo Vergerio recorded his first impressions of Rome in 1398, he described the legendary hills overlooking the Tiber as deserted, while the modern […]
Popes and Pornocrats: Rome in the Early Middle Ages By Lindsay Brook Foundations: The Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Vol. 1:1 (2003) Abstract: Rome between the late ninth and the mid-eleventh centuries was in turmoil. Rival families fought for control of the city, successfully fighting off the Saracens encamped close to the city, and […]
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