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Cargando... The restoration of Rome : Barbarian Popes and imperial pretenders (2014 original; edición 2013)por P. J. Heather
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"Rather than the grim, almost polemic, cut-and-thrust of many academic publications, Heather’s style is never disagreeable, often witty, and always engaging." "When Mr. Heather does not have colorful scandals to report, as in his long discussions of Carolingian institutional reform or canon-law collections, 'The Restoration of Rome' reads more like a textbook." "Heather’s style is seductive and his British wit enlivens this engrossing history of the piecemeal 'restoration' of a Rome that lingers still."
"In 476 AD, the last of Rome's emperors, known as "Augustulus" was deposed by a barbarian general, the son of one of Attila the Hun's henchmen. With the imperial vestments dispatched to Constantinople, the curtain fell on the Roman empire in Western Europe, its territories divided among successor kingdoms constructed around barbarian military manpower. But, if the Roman Empire was dead, Romans across the old empire still lived, holding on to their lands, the values of their civilization, and their institutions. The conquering barbarians, witnessing the continuing psychological dominance of Rome, were ready to reignite the imperial flame and enjoy the benefits of its civilization. As Peter Heather shows in dazzling biographical portraits, each of the three greatest contenders--Theoderic, Justinian, and Charlemagne--operated with a different power base but was astonishingly successful in his own way. Though each in turn managed to put back together enough of the old Roman West to stake a plausible claim to the Western imperial title, none of their empires long outlived their founders' deaths. Not until the reinvention of the papacy in the eleventh century would Europe's barbarians find the means to establish a new Roman Empire, one that has lasted a thousand years"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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