| The Medieval Abbey of Farfa: Target of Papal and Imperial Ambitions Contributor(s): Stroll (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004107045 ISBN-13: 9789004107045 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $157.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1997 Annotation: This is the first comprehensive study in English about the medieval imperial abbey of Farfa, which played a key role in the period of ecclesiastical reform, beginning in the mid-eleventh century. Its main sources are the Register and Chronicle, compiled by Gregory of Catino, a partisan monk. Controlling strategic property in central Rome and along the coast of Latium, Farfa functioned as a quasi-imperial embassy, supporting the empire in its struggle with the papacy for hegemony. Imperial ties and internal conflicts led to Farfa's loss of liberties and dependency upon the papacy. The book both depicts the competition between the empire and the papacy, and charts Farfa's losing struggle to maintain Benedictine standards and its independence from an expansive papacy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Institutions & Organizations - Architecture | Interior Design - General - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 271.104 |
| LCCN: 96049112 |
| Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.4" W x 9.44" (1.59 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first comprehensive study in English about the medieval imperial abbey of Farfa, which played a key role in the period of ecclesiastical reform, beginning in the mid-eleventh century. Its main sources are the Register and Chronicle, compiled by Gregory of Catino, a partisan monk. Controlling strategic property in central Rome and along the coast of Latium, Farfa functioned as a quasi-imperial embassy, supporting the empire in its struggle with the papacy for hegemony. Imperial ties and internal conflicts led to Farfa's loss of liberties and dependency upon the papacy. The book both depicts the competition between the empire and the papacy, and charts Farfa's losing struggle to maintain Benedictine standards and its independence from an expansive papacy. |
