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010 _a 2020023252
020 _a9781108836821 (hbk.)
020 _a1108836828 (hbk.)
020 _a9781108819237 (pbk.)
020 _a1108819230 (pbk.)
035 _a(OCoLC)1137810908
050 _aBX950.Z5
_bM35 2020
100 1 _aMcKitterick, Rosamond.
245 1 0 _aRome and the invention of the papacy :
_bthe Liber pontificalis /
_cRosamond McKitterick.
260 _aCambridge, U.K. :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2020.
300 _axvii, 271 p. :
_bmaps.
490 1 _aThe James Lydon lectures in medieval history and culture
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 229-256) and indexes.
520 _a"The remarkable, and permanently influential, papal history known as the Liber pontificalis shaped perceptions and the memory of Rome, the popes, and the many-layered past of both city and papacy within western Europe. Rosamond McKitterick offers a new analysis of this extraordinary combination of historical reconstruction, deliberate selection and political use of fiction, to illuminate the history of the early popes and their relationship with Rome. She examines the content, context, and transmission of the text, and the complex relationships between the reality, representation, and reception of authority that it reflects. The Liber pontificalis presented Rome as a holy city of Christian saints and martyrs, as the bishops of Rome established their visible power in buildings, and it articulated the popes spiritual and ministerial role, accommodated within their Roman imperial inheritance. Drawing on wide-ranging and interdisciplinary international research, Rome and the Invention of the Papacy offers pioneering insights into the evolution of this extraordinary source, and its significance for the history of early medieval Europe"--
630 0 4 _aLiber Pontificalis.
650 4 _aPopes
_xBiography
_xEarly works to 1800.
650 4 _aChurch history
_yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
651 4 _aRome (Italy)
_xHistory.
830 0 _aJames Lydon lectures in medieval history and culture.
942 _2lcc
_cBK
999 _c2014
_d2014