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Villa to Village

The Transformation of the Roman Countryside

Richard Hodges author Riccardo Francovich author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:25th Sep '03

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"Villa to Village" challenges the historical view that hilltop villages in Italy were first founded in the tenth century. Drawing upon recent excavations, the authors show that the makings of the medieval village lie in the demise of the Roman villa in late antiquity. The book describes the lively debate between archaeologists and historians on this issue. It also examines the evidence for the first manorial villages of the Carolingian era and describes how these were transformed into the familiar feudal villages that are characteristic of much of Italy.

ISBN: 9780715631928

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 6mm

Weight: 158g

128 pages