Published by the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome. Distributed by Astrom Editions.

The urban transformation of medieval Rome, 312–1420

By Torgil Magnusson

Contents

Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
Abbreviations
Bibliographical notes
Bibliography

Introduction, pp. 21–24

Chapter I – From Constantine the Great to the Gothic Wars, pp. 25–50

1. General outline of the topography of Rome in the fourth century AD
2. The administrative centre of ancient Rome
3. Bridges, streets and aqueducts in Late Antiquity
4. Housing facilities and inhabitants in Late Antiquity
5. Maintenance in Late Antiquity

Chapter II – Early Christian Rome, pp. 51–67

1. The first Christian churches
2. The sanctuaries outside the walls
3. Constantine’s Christian basilicas
4. Churches after Constantine
5. The destruction of ancient Rome

Chapter III – From the Lombard Invasion to the Sack of Rome in 1084, pp. 69–98

1. The creation of the Papal States
2. The church and social welfare in Rome
3. The Roman Diaconiae
4. The station churches
5. Pilgrimage and its effects on Rome
6. Maintenance in the Early Middle Ages
7. The Borgo Leonino and the Leonine Wall
8. The Lateran Patriarchium
9. Population prior to 1100
10. Houses in the Early Middle Ages
11. The domination of the magnates
12. The Sack of Rome in 1084

Chapter IV – Rome in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, pp. 99–124

1. Great families of the High Middle Ages
2. Population and domestic architecture after 1100
3. The rise of the Commune
4. Administration under the Commune
5. Papal liturgy and processions
6. The end of the century and Boniface VIII

Chapter V – Rome during the Avignon period, pp. 125–139

1. The political situation
2. Population and administration in the fourteenth century
3. Public buildings and piazzas in the fourteenth century
4. Domestic architecture in the fourteenth century

Chapter VI – Rome during the Great Schism, pp. 141–148

1. The reign of Boniface IX
2. The end of the Middle Ages

Epilogue, pp. 149–151

Indexes

Bibliographical information

Torgil Magnusson, The urban transformation of medieval Rome, 312–1420 (Suecoromana. Studia artis historiae instituti romani regni Sueciae 7), Stockholm 2004. ISSN 1102-7940, ISBN 9789170421679. Hard cover: 162 pages.