Emperor to Emperor by Edward Burman

Emperor to Emperor by Edward Burman

This book spans the period from the Emperor Charlemagne to the Emperor Frederick II (Stupor Mundi), though as there are many references to periods and people before and after, the total span is nearly a thousand years. The author's technique is to consider a number of Italian towns and monuments and show their development and the influences which went into making them what they are. Thus there are chapters on Lombard Pavia and Muslim Palermo and other chapters which focus on a particular monument, such as Santa Maria del Monte in the Apennines. Medieval Italy was the crucible of modern western civilisation, when in the words of Gibbon "the three great nations of the world, the Greeks, the Saracens and the Franks, encountered each other on the theatre of Italy." The ultimate consequence of this encounter, enriched by the inheritage of ancient Rome and other invading peoples, was the Italian Renaissance. The early medieval history of the Italian penninsula, of the invasions of Ostrogoths, Lombards, Carolingian Franks, Arabs, Byzantine Greeks, Normans and German kings who wished to renew the Empire, together with the economic, social and cultural changes which followed the break-up of the Roman Empire, is a complex one, partly because of the chronology which is tortuous and partly because there was no single "Italy". Yet some idea of his story is essential for a full understanding of the later history of the country and especially of the Renaissance.

Edward Burman graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in Philosophy and Fine Art. He has eighteen works to his credit, the most recent of which is Xi'an Through European Eyes: A Cultural History in the Horse Year. Edward has served on the Xi'an City Wall Heritage Foundation's Board of Trustees since 2014, and he is the only international trustee. He resides in the United Kingdom.

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ISBN 13	9780094694903
ISBN 10	0094694907
Title	Emperor to Emperor
Author	Edward Burman
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	1991-10-28
Number of pages	288
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