Pages: 160 p.Illustrations:37 b/w, 25 col., 1 tables b/w. Language(s):English. Publication Year:2025. ISBN: 978-2-503-61851-7. Brepols. Hardback - Summary The site of San Vincenzo al Volturno, lying in a mountain valley of Molise, southern Italy, might by today s standards be considered rather remote. In the late eighth and ninth centuries, however, it was one of the most famous Benedictine monasteries of Latin Christendom, home to a thriving centre of leaning and located strategically on the borders of Lombard and Frankish territory. This came to an end on 10 October 881, when an Arab warband sacked the monastery, leaving it in ruins. Now, thanks to extensive archaeological excavations over forty years, a new story can be told about this important site, a narrative that reveals the art, architecture, and archaeology of this monastic city as it thrived during the Carolingian renaissance, as well as the devastating effects of the Arab attack. Through the lens of these excavations emerges a unique narrative for the making of the Middle Ages in Europe. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations Preface Chapter 1. Blind Rosalinda s Story Oral Tradition at San Vincenzo al Volturno Dark Age Pompeii Chapter 2. The Target: Italy s Biggest Ninth-Century Monastery Abbot Paul s San Vincenzo al Volturno, Phase 3c (c. 783 792) Abbot Joshua s San Vincenzo al Volturno, Phase 4 (c. 792 817) Grimoald III s Legacy? Chapter 3. The Plan of St Gall (c. 820) and San Vincenzo s Apogee Abbots Talaricus and Epyphanius San Vincenzo al Volturno, Phase 5a1 (c. AD 792 842) Abbots Toto s San Vincenzo al Volturno Phase 5a2 (c. AD 842 844) Chapter 4. Two Seismic Events The Earthquake of June, 847 Sawdan Arrives at San Vincenzo al Volturno, AD 860/861 Chapter 5. Sawdan s Vendetta Chapter 6. 10 October 881 San Vincenzo al Volturno on 9 October 881 The Attack The Story of the Sack Chapter 7. Aftermath: Athanasius Legacy The Calamity in Retrospect Works Cited Index.

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Title: Shock and Awe. The Rise and Fall of San Vincenzo al Volturno
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