Abstract:
This volume collects different case studies of rediscovery of Christian antiquities between 1860-1930 in Europe and the Mediterranean basin, in order to stimulate reflections about the impact of these rediscoveries on our culture in a period of great political transition.
By turning the light on lesser-known stories on a wider European and Mediterranean horizon (Greece, Holy Land, Eritrea, Malta, Norway), this book gives a strong contribution to the history of Christian archaeology. All articles deal with many topics of the field (museology, cultural heritage protection law, history of religious orders, field archaeology, military explorations), and therefore offer a strong interdisciplinary cut.
This book is first product of the international online workshop series “Revealing Christian Heritage. Talks on the rediscovery of Christian archaeology between 1860-1930”.
Contents
Introduction
Mirella Romero Recio
A Brief History of Christian Archaeology between 1860 and 1930
Chiara Cecalupo
Byzantine Artefacts versus Classical Antiquities: Questioning the early Heritage Protection in Greece
Chiara Mannoni
Christian excavations in the Holy Land. The first explorations and the establishment of Archaeological Schools
Davide Bianchi
On Behalf of Her Majesty. Unveiling the Early Christian Heritage of the Aksumite Kingdom (Horn of Africa) in the 19th -20th Centuries
Marco Ciliberti, Gabriele Castiglia
Maltese Catacomb Study in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century: A Historiographical Analysis
Rebecca Xerri
Medieval Church Art and Nation Building in Norway during the Nineteenth Century
Justin Kroesen
Discussion
Dr.
Chiara Cecalupo
Chiara Cecalupo is CONEX-Plus-Marie Curie Fellow at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. She received her PhD in Museology and History of Early Christian Archaeology at the Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana in Rome. As a researcher, she collaborated with several universities and museums in Italy, Malta, Spain and other states. Her main research focus is on the rediscovery of early-Christian catacombs in the Mediterranean basin. She has a very strong record of publication in history of archaeology, antiquarian studies and reception of antiquities from the 16th to the 19th century.
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