Medieval Naples, a documentary history, 400-1400
By: edited by Ronald G. Musto
Series: A documentary history of Naples -- volume 2
Publisher: Italica Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9781599102474; 9781599102481; 9781599102467
Subjects: Sources; History
Description: A comprehensive collection of sources treating the city of Naples from late antiquity to the beginning of the Renaissance. Sources are drawn from its historical, economic, literary, artistic, religious and cultural life from the fall of Rome through the Byzantine, ducal, Norman, Hohenstaufen and Angevin periods. The introduction offers a comprehensive survey of the periods covered, with a discussion of the historiography and of important research and interpretive issues. Documents include chronicles and histories; archival materials, accounts, financial and commercial records, contracts, wills, notarial and legislative documents; poetry, romances, biographies, letters, travelers' accounts and legends; liturgical and hagiographical texts; as well as examples of manuscript production and illustration, painting and architecture"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-343) and index.
Table of contents: title: Late Roman and Byzantine (c. 476-568); title: Ducal Naples (568-1137); title: The Normans (1137-1194); title: The Hohenstaufen (1194-1263); title: The Angevins (1263-1442).