Power and Patronage in Early Medieval Italy : Local Society, Italian Politics and the Abbey of Farfa, c 700-900
xvi, 388pp. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. In as new condition throughout. 8vo. The first detailed study of Farfa abbey in the early Middle Ages, revealing how a major ecclesiastical institution operated, in early medieval politics, as a conduit for others' interests, and as a player in its own right.
