Story, Joanna, 1970-

Charlemagne and Rome : Alcuin and the epitaph of Pope Hadrian I / Joanna Story. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 403 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). - Medieval history and archaeology Oxford scholarship online . - Medieval history and archaeology. Oxford scholarship online. .

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Using a vast range of sources and methods, from art history, epigraphy, palaeography, geology, archaeology, and architectural history, to close reading of contemporary texts in prose and verse, this book presents a detailed 'object biography', contextualising Hadrian's epitaph in its historical and physical setting at St Peter's over 800 years.

Specialized.

9780191874567 No price

10.1093/oso/9780199206346.001.0001 doi


Adrian I, Pope, -795 --Tomb.
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814.
Alcuin, 735-804.


Inscriptions--Europe, Western.
Epitaphs--Europe, Western.
Religion.
Religion & beliefs.


Holy Roman Empire--History--To 1517.

BX1109

270.3092