Hospitals and Urbanism in Rome, 1200-1500 (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)

In Hospitals And Urbanism In Rome 1200-1500, Carla Keyvanian Offers A New Interpretation Of The Urban Development Of Rome During Three Seminal Centuries By Focusing On The Construction Of Public Hospitals. These Monumental Charitable Institutions Were Urban Expressions Of Sovereignty. Keyvanian Traces The Political Reasons For Their Emergence And Their Architectural Type In Europe Around 1200. In Rome, Hospitals Ballasted The Corporate Image Of Social Elites, Aided In Settling And Garrisoning Vital Sectors And Were The Hubs Around Which Strategies Aimed At Territorial Control Revolved. When The Strategies Faltered, The Institutions Were Rapidly Abandoned. Hospitals In Areas Of Enduring Significance Instead Still Function, Bearing Testimony To The Influence Of Late Medieval Urban Interventions On Modern Rome--provided By Publisher. Part 1. Building States : Rome And Europe -- Healing Forgiveness -- The Borgo -- Hospitals, Monasteries And Urban Control -- Part 2. Conquering A City : Rome And Latium -- Hospitals, Towers And Barons -- The Lateran -- The Papal Hospital : Santo Spirito In Sassia -- Epilogue. By Carla Keyvanian. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In Hospitals and Urbanism in Rome 1200 – 1500, Carla Keyvanian offers a new interpretation of the urban development of Rome during three seminal centuries by focusing on the construction of public hospitals. These monumental charitable institutions were urban expressions of sovereignty. Keyvanian traces the political reasons for their emergence and their architectural type in Europe around 1200. In Rome, hospitals ballasted the corporate image of social elites, aided in settling and garrisoning vital sectors and were the hubs around which strategies aimed at territorial control revolved. When the strategies faltered, the institutions were rapidly abandoned. Hospitals in areas of enduring significance instead still function, bearing testimony to the influence of late medieval urban interventions on modern Rome. Contents 7 Acknowledgements 9 List of Illustrations 11 Introduction 19 Part 1 Building States: Rome and Europe 41 Chapter 1 Healing Forgiveness 43 Chapter 2 The Borgo 96 Chapter 3 Hospitals, Monasteries and Urban Control 156 Part 2 Conquering a City: Rome and Latium 217 Chapter 4 Hospitals, Towers and Barons 219 Chapter 5 The Lateran 306 Chapter 6 The Papal Hospital: Santo Spirito in Sassia 357 Epilogue 402 Bibliography 407 Index of People 448 Places and Subjects 456 Acknowledgements vii List of Illustrations ix Abbreviations xvi Introduction 1 Part 1. Building States: Rome and Europe 1. Healing Forgiveness 25 2. The Borgo 78 3. Hospitals, Monasteries and Urban Control 138 Part 2. Conquering a City: Rome and Latium 4. Hospitals, Towers and Barons 201 5. The Lateran 288 6. The Papal Hospital: Santo Spirito in Sassia 339 Epilogue 384 Bibliography 389 Index of People 430 Places and Subjects 438