Villa to Village

Informationen zum Autor Riccardo Francovich is Professor of Medieval Archaeology at the University of Siena, Italy. Richard Hodges , OBE, is Professor and Director of the Institute of World Archaeology, University of East Anglia, Director of Archaeology for the Butrint Foundation, UK, and Director of the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, USA. He is the editor of the Debates in Archaeology series; and his publications include Dark Age Economics, The Anglo-Saxon Achievement, Towns and Trade in the Age of Charlemagne, and Goodbye to the Vikings , all published by Bloomsbury. Zusammenfassung Villa to Village challenges the historical view that hilltop villages in Italy were first founded in the tenth century. Drawing upon recent excavations, the authors show that the makings of the medieval village lie in the demise of the Roman villa in late antiquity. The book describes the lively debate between archaeologists and historians on this issue. It also examines the evidence for the first manorial villages of the Carolingian era and describes how these were transformed into the familiar feudal villages that are characteristic of much of Italy. Useful maps, plans and reconstructions illustrate this useful text. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Figures 1. The Debate 2. The End of Villas and the Ancient World 3. The Beginnings of Hilltop Villages 4. From Curtis to Castello 5. Conclusions: Four Stages of Transformation Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Riccardo Francovich, Francovich Riccardo, Richard Hodges, Hodges Richard
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.09.2003
• EAN: 9780715631928
• ISBN: 978-0-7156-3192-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 220 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Duckworth Debates in Archaeology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Italy, Rural communities, Ancient World, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Ancient Rome, Archaeology by period / region, c 500 to c 1000 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Medieval European archaeology