IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1749: Rome in the Early Middle Ages, III
Thursday 4 July 2019, 14.15-15.45
Organisers: | Gregor Kalas, College of Architecture & Design, University of Tennessee, Knoxville John Osborne, School for Studies in Art & Culture, Carleton University, Ontario |
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Moderator/Chair: | Caroline Goodson, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge |
Paper 1749-a | Three-Apsed Churches in 8th-Century Rome and Raetia: The Cross-Culturality (or Not) of an Architectural Feature (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life |
Paper 1749-b | The Crowd in Early Medieval Rome (Language: English) Index terms: Anthropology, Daily Life |
Paper 1749-c | Slavery in 8th-Century Rome (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - Trade, Social History |
Abstract | In recent decades there has been a resurgence of interest in early medieval Rome, driven in part by new archaeology and the opening of the Crypta Balbi museum, and also by the revived interest in texts such as the Liber pontificalis, and in part by projects such as 'La Pittura Medievale a Roma'. New research on Greek-speaking monastic communities and the influx of migrants into Rome after the turn of the 7th century has nuanced our picture of the city's culture. This group of three sessions will bring together an interdisciplinary group of international scholars to present their most recent research on the city, including a number engaged specifically with 'material culture'. |