Building in early medieval Rome, 500-1000 AD
The thesis concerns the organisation and typology of building construction in Rome during the period 500 - 1000 AD. Part 1 - the organisation - contains three chapters on: (1) the finance and administration of building; (2) the materials of construction; and (3) the workforce (including here architects and architectural tracts). Part 2 - the typology - again contains three chapters on: (1) ecclesiastical architecture; (2) fortifications and aqueducts; and (3) domestic architecture. Using textual sources from the period (papal registers, property deeds, technical tracts and historical works), archaeological data from the Renaissance to the present day, and much new archaeological survey-work carried out in Rome and the surrounding country, I have outlined a new model for the development of architecture in the period. This emphasises the periods directly preceding and succeeding the age of the so-called ~Carolingian Renaissance~, pointing out new evidence for the architectural activity in these supposed dark ages. At the same time I have discovered and presented physical evidence for the important papal rebuilding of the city's fortifications and water-supply during the eighth and ninth centuries. A thorough
Coates-Stephens, Robert Edward
Administration; Techniques; Materials
Building in early medieval Rome, 500-1000 AD. The thesis concerns the organisation and typology of building construction in Rome during the period 500 - 1000 AD. Part 1 - the organisation - contains three chapters on: (1) the finance and administration of building; (2) the materials of construction; and (3) the workforce (including here architects and architectural tracts). Part 2 - the typology - again contains three chapters on: (1) ecclesiastical architecture; (2) fortifications and aqueducts; and (3) domestic architecture. Using textual sources from the period (papal registers, property deeds, technical tracts and historical works), archaeological data from the Renaissance to the present day, and much new archaeological survey-work carried out in Rome and the surrounding country, I have outlined a new model for the development of architecture in the period. This emphasises the periods directly preceding and succeeding the age of the so-called ~Carolingian Renaissance~, pointing out new evidence for the architectural activity in these supposed dark ages. At the same time I have discovered and presented physical evidence for the important papal rebuilding of the city's fortifications and water-supply during the eighth and ninth centuries. A thorough
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