Ravenna in Late Antiquity

Informationen zum Autor Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis is Assistant Professor of History at Indiana University. She is the editor and translator of Agnellus of Ravenna's Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis and is the Executive Editor of The Medieval Review. Klappentext A comprehensive survey of Ravenna's history and monuments in late antiquity. Zusammenfassung This book provides a comprehensive survey of Ravenna's history and monuments in late antiquity! including discussions of scholarly controversies! archaeological discoveries! and interpretations of art works. A synthesis of the voluminous literature on this topic! this volume provides an English-language entry point for the study of this fascinating city. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Roman Ravenna; 3. Ravenna and the western emperors 400-489 AD; 4. Ravenna the capital of the Ostrogothic kingdom; 5. Religion in Ostrogothic Ravenna; 6. Ravenna's early Byzantine period: AD 540-600; 7. Ravenna capital: 600-850.

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• Authors: Deborah Deliyannis, Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis, Deborah Mauskopf (Indiana University) Deliyannis, Deliyannis Deborah Mauskopf
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.2010
• EAN: 9780521836722
• ISBN: 978-0-521-83672-2
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, ART / European, Italy, History of Art, Ancient World, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE