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An introductory examination of written texts dealing with the tenth century, focussing on Liutprand of Cremona and Benedict of Monte Soratte. These constitute our principal historical sources in the absence of Liber pontificalis entries for this century.
An examination of the role of monasticism in material culture, especially following the important role of Odo of Cluny in introducing the Benedictine rule to Roman monasteries. Examples covered include mural paintings in the churches of S. Maria Antiqua and S. Saba, and the silver covers of a Gospels manuscript created for the convent of SS. Ciriaco e Nicola.
Chapter 5, Potting Traditions, Craft Learning, and Product Innovation, investigates traditions in production through intergenerational learning and then considers how product innovations are introduced. Moving beyond models that privilege consumer demand as the primary driver for product change, this chapter balances consumer interests with those of the workshop and long-established local potting traditions.
Chapter 3, Process, People, and Working Conditions, focuses specifically on the labor dynamics of these workshops in order to appreciate how the workplace and production process structured the working lives of complex labor groups with different specializations, statuses, and working conditions.
Chapter 1 introduces the themes, objectives, and chronological and geographic parameters of the volume. It also argues for the importance of potters as a usual case study for everyday professions of the Romans. This is because, while we have relatively few textual accounts about potters, it is nonetheless a profession that has left extensive and easily recognized archaeological remains, as well as ubiquitous and well-studied products.
Chapter 7, Internal Social Dynamics of Industry Clusters: Cooperation and Competition, considers the important role of workshop nucleation in creating communities of production, which witnessed complex dynamics of collaboration, as well as competition among workshops.
Chapter 8, Urban Industry, Topographies, and Community Relations, looks at pottery workshops in urban contexts; often seen as urban outcasts relegated to peri-urban areas, the place of ceramic workshops is instead seen as dynamically placed between a range of push-and-pull factors that change through time and through the history of cities.