Ravenna (eBook)

Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe

Judith Herrin (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
608 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20197-9 (ISBN)

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A riveting history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman EmpireAt the end of the fourth century, as the power of Rome faded and Constantinople became the seat of empire, a new capital city was rising in the West. Here, in Ravenna on the coast of Italy, Arian Goths and Catholic Romans competed to produce an unrivaled concentration of buildings and astonishing mosaics. For three centuries, the city attracted scholars, lawyers, craftsmen, and religious luminaries, becoming a true cultural and political capital. Bringing this extraordinary history marvelously to life, Judith Herrin rewrites the history of East and West in the Mediterranean world before the rise of Islam and shows how, thanks to Byzantine influence, Ravenna played a crucial role in the development of medieval Christendom.Drawing on deep, original research, Herrin tells the personal stories of Ravenna while setting them in a sweeping synthesis of Mediterranean and Christian history. She narrates the lives of the Empress Galla Placidia and the Gothic king Theoderic and describes the achievements of an amazing cosmographer and a doctor who revived Greek medical knowledge in Italy, demolishing the idea that the West just descended into the medieval "e;Dark Ages."e;Beautifully illustrated and drawing on the latest archaeological findings, this monumental book provides a bold new interpretation of Ravenna's lasting influence on the culture of Europe and the West.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.10.2020
• Mitarbeit: Erzähler: Phyllida Nash
• Zusatzinfo: 65 color illus. 4 maps
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 550s • Aachen Cathedral • Adam Mickiewicz • Agnellus • Aistulf • Alboin • Alemanni • ambrose • Ancient Rome • Apollinaris • Apse • Aquileia • arabs • Arcadius • archbishop • Archdeacon • Arian Baptistry • Arianism • Arius • Arminius • Aspar • Athalaric • Avars (Caucasus) • Baptistery • Barbarian • Basilica • Basil of Caesarea • Battle of Leipzig • Battle of Vienna • Belisarius • Benevento • Bessas (general) • burgundians • Byzantine architecture • Byzantine Empire • Byzantium • Calabria • Canon Law • Cassiodorus • Cathedral • Catholic Church • Catholicism • Charles Martel • Childeric III • Christendom • Christian burial • Christian Identity • Christianity • Church Fathers • Church of San Vitale • City of Mosaics • Clergy • Clerical Discipline • Congress of Vienna • Constans II • Constantine II (emperor) • Constantine III (Western Roman Emperor) • Constantine IV • Constantine the Great • Constantine V • Constantinople • Constantius II • Council of Chalcedon • Council of Ephesus • Courtier • Crisis of the Third Century • Culture of Greece • Dalmatia • Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis • Decius • Desiderius • diocletian • Diocletianic Persecution • Donation of Constantine • Donatism • Duchy of Rome • Early Muslim conquests • ecumenical council • edict • Edict of Milan • Eternal Ravenna • Eunuch • Europe’s greatest cities • Eutharic • Eutyches • Exarch • Exarchate • Exarchate of Revenna • fall of the western roman empire • From the Etruscans to the Venetians • Galla Placidia • Galla Placidia Mausoleum • geographer • George Sand • Germanus of Auxerre • Glycerius • Grand Duchy • Great Church • great cities of Europe • Helena (empress) • Henotikon • Heraclius • Holy Roman Emperor • Holy Roman Empire • Honorius (emperor) • HUNS • Iconoclasm • imperial government • Isidore of Seville • John III Sobieski • Jordanes • Julian (emperor) • Justinian II • Justinian mosaic • Jutta Dresken-Weiland • Kingdom of the Lombards • Late Antiquity • Lateran Palace • Law of Citations • Leontios • Libius Severus • Libri Carolini • Lithuania • Lombards • magister militum • magister officiorum • Manichaeism • Mariëtte Verhoeven • Massimiliano David • Mausoleum • maximian • Medieval History • military campaign • Mosaic • mosaics of Ravenna • mosaics of San Vitale • Napoleon • napoleonic wars • Nestorius • New Laws • Nicene Creed • North Africa • Northern Italy • odoacer • Ostrogoths • Ottoman Empire • Paganism • Parchment • Patriarch • Patrician (ancient Rome) • paulinus of nola • Paul the Deacon • pentapolis • Peter Chrysologus • Phokas (Byzantine family) • placidia • Pope • Pope Conon • Pope Gregory I • Pope Gregory II • Pope Gregory III • Pope Hormisdas • Pope Leo III • Pope Paul I • Pope Stephen II • Pope Symmachus • Pope Vigilius • Po Valley • praetorian prefect • Pragmatic sanction • procession • pulcheria • Ravenna in Late Antiquity • revolutions of 1848 • Ricimer • Roman Army • Roman Britain • Roman Empire • Saint Peter • Scriptorium • Sidonius Apollinaris • Sirmium • southern Italy • Spoleto • Stilicho • Supporter • synod • Tax • tetrarchy • Teutonic Order • The Battle of the Milvian Bridge (Giulio Romano) • The Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna • The Goths • the monastery • Theodahad • Theodosius I • Theodosius II • The Other Hand • The Persians • Thessaloniki • Tiberios III • tomb • Totila • Trajan • Triumphal Procession • Valamir • Valens • Valentinian III • Valentinian (play) • vandals • veneration • Via Flaminia • Visigoths • warfare • Western Christianity • western roman empire • where in Italy should I visit? • World War I • Zeno (emperor)
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20197-8 / 0691201978
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20197-9 / 9780691201979