Charlemagne and Rome: Alcuin and the Epitaph of Pope Hadrian I by Prof Joanna St

Description: Charlemagne and Rome by Prof Joanna Story, Joanna Story Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Using a vast range of sources and methods, from art history, epigraphy, palaeography, geology, archaeology, and architectural history, to close reading of contemporary texts in prose and verse, this book presents a detailed object biography, contextualising Hadrians epitaph in its historical and physical setting at St Peters over 800 years. Publisher Description Charlemagne and Rome is a wide-ranging exploration of cultural politics in the age of Charlemagne. It focuses on a remarkable inscription commemorating Pope Hadrian I who died in Rome at Christmas 795. Commissioned by Charlemagne, composed by Alcuin of York, and cut from black stone quarried close to the kings new capital at Aachen in the heart of the Frankish kingdom, it was carried to Rome and set over the tomb of the pope in the south transept of StPeters basilica not long before Charlemagnes imperial coronation in the basilica on Christmas Day 800. A masterpiece of Carolingian art, Hadrians epitaph was also a manifesto of empire demanding perpetualcommemoration for the king amid St Peters cult. In script, stone, and verse, it proclaimed Frankish mastery of the art and power of the written word, and claimed the cultural inheritance of imperial and papal Rome, recast for a contemporary, early medieval audience. Pope Hadrians epitaph was treasured through time and was one of only a few decorative objects translated from the late antique basilica of St Peters into the new structure, the construction of which dominated and defined theearly modern Renaissance. Understood then as precious evidence of the antiquity of imperial affection for the papacy, Charlemagnes epitaph for Pope Hadrian I was preserved as the old basilica wasdestroyed and carefully redisplayed in the portico of the new church, where it can be seen today. Using a very wide range of sources and methods, from art history, epigraphy, palaeography, geology, archaeology, and architectural history, as well as close reading of contemporary texts in prose and verse, this book presents a detailed object biography, contextualising Hadrians epitaph in its historical and physical setting at St Peters over eight hundred years, from itscreation in the late eighth century during the Carolingian Renaissance through to the early modern Renaissance of Bramante, Michelangelo, and Maderno. Author Biography Joanna Story studied History and Archaeology at Durham University and is a professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Leicester where she has worked since 1996. She specialises in the period c. AD 600-900, and in the material culture of the written word in manuscript and epigraphic form. Her research and publications are characterised by a highly interdisciplinary approach to evidence, combining data derived from text, images, andphysical remains surviving from the early medieval European past and deploying traditional historical techniques alongside methods used in archaeology and physical sciences. Details ISBN 0199206341 ISBN-13 9780199206346 Title Charlemagne and Rome Author Prof Joanna Story, Joanna Story Format Hardcover Year 2023 Pages 432 Publisher Oxford University Press GE_Item_ID:159872037; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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