Tower of Babel by Robert T Pennock
Founded around the beginning of the eighth century in the Sabine hills north of Rome, the abbey of Farfa was for centuries a barometer of social and political change in central Italy. Conventionally, the region's history in the early Middle Ages revolves around the rise of the papacy as a secular political power. But Farfa's avoidance of domination by the pope throughout its early medieval history, despite one pope's involvement in its early establishment, reveals that papal aggrandizement had strict limits. Other parties - local elites, as well as Lombard and then Carolingian rulers - were often more important in structuring power in the region. Many were also patrons of Farfa, and this book reveals how a major ecclesiastical institution operated in early medieval politics, as a conduit for others' interests, and a player in its own right.
Pennock, Robert T.: - Robert T. Pennock is University Distinguished Professor of History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science at Michigan State University in the Lyman Briggs College and the Departments of Philosophy and Computer Science and Engineering. He is the author of Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the New Creationism (MIT Press).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780262161800 |
| ISBN 10 | 026216180X |
| Title | Tower of Babel |
| Author | Robert T Pennock |
| Series | Bradford Books |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | MIT Press Ltd |
| Year published | 1999-02-16 |
| Number of pages | 451 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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