Medieval Naples, a documentary history, 400-1400
Ronald G. Musto (Editor)
A comprehensive collection of sources treating the city of Naples from late antiquity to the beginning of the Renaissance. Sources are drawn from its historical, economic, literary, artistic, religious and cultural life from the fall of Rome through the Byzantine, ducal, Norman, Hohenstaufen and Angevin periods. The introduction offers a comprehensive survey of the periods covered, with a discussion of the historiography and of important research and interpretive issues. Documents include chronicles and histories; archival materials, accounts, financial and commercial records, contracts, wills, notarial and legislative documents; poetry, romances, biographies, letters, travelers' accounts and legends; liturgical and hagiographical texts; as well as examples of manuscript production and illustration, painting and architecture"-- Back cover
History
lxxvi, 383 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
9781599102474, 9781599102481, 1599102471, 159910248X
810773043
Introduction. Between Rome and Aragon : Naples 400-1400
Late Roman and Byzantine Naples (c. 476-568)
Ducal Naples (568-1137)
The Normans (1137-1194)
The Hohenstaufen (1194-1263)
The Angevins (1263-1442)
Literate cultures