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Rome and the North.
Editors: Alvar Ellegård & Gunilla Åkerström-Hougen
Volume: PB135
Abstract
Rome and the North contains a collection of papers presented at a symposium at the Göteborg University, Sweden, under the auspices of the European Science Foundation project "The Transformation of the Roman World". Scholars from England and the Scandinavian countries contribute articles on various aspects of how the cultural heritage of Antiquity was assimilated and developed in what was to become Medieval Europe.
Roman Law in the Barbarian Kingdoms
By Ian Wood, University of Leeds, England
Exempla Romanorum: the Earliest English Legislation in Context
By Patrick Wormald, Christ Church, Oxford, England
The Early State in Lombard Italy.
By Dick Harrison, Lund University, Sweden
The Origins of a State Society in Medieval Sweden
By Thomas Lindkvist, Stockholm University, Sweden
The Survival of Roman Rhetoric in the Middle Ages
By Anders Piltz, Lund University, Sweden
Oriental Beads and Europe, A.D. 600-800
By Johan Callmer, Umeå University, Sweden
Tradition and Innovation in Iconography: From Imperial Glorification to Christian Dogma
By Hjalmar Torp, University of Oslo, Norway
Continuity and Change in Ruler Imagery: The Eternal Victor, c.400 to c. 800 A.D.
By Bente Kiilerich, Copenhagen and University of Bergen
Breaking Away from Antiquity: A reconsideration of the Codex Calendar of 354A.D., Rome, and the Sixth Century Mosaic Calendar at Argos, Greece.
By Gunilla Åkerström-Hougen, Göteborg University, Sweden
Place of publication: Jonsered
Year of publication: 1996
Number of Pages: 123
Language: English
ISBN: 978-91-7081-104-3
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