BENEVENTO

bānāvānˈtō, city (1991 pop. 62,561), capital of Benevento prov., in Campania, S Italy. It is a trade center for wine and tobacco. It is basically an impoverished area with little industry. A leading town of Samnium, Benevento became under the Romans an important trade center on the Appian Way. It was the capital of a powerful Lombard duchy (6th–11th cent.) that extended over much of S Italy. Except for short periods of foreign occupation, the city was under papal rule from the 11th cent. to 1860. In 1266, Charles of Anjou defeated Manfred, King of Sicily, near Benevento. Noteworthy structures of the city include the cathedral (11th–13th cent., restored after being severely damaged in World War II); a triumphal arch erected (a.d. 114) for Trajan; a Roman theater (2d cent. b.c.); and the Church of Santa Sofia, with a 12th-century cloister.

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books on: Benevento  - 697 results

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The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture
Book by Roy Domenico; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Italy--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
...years after a sack by imperial troops, Benevento passed again to the papacy, which ruled...Italy in 1860. Papal representatives in Benevento were first called rectors and then apostolic...interrupted between 1806 and 1815 when Benevento was presented to Napoleons foreign minister...
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Towns and Their Territories between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Book by G. P. Brogiolo, N. Gauthier, N. Christie; Brill, 2000
Subjects: Cities And Towns, Medieval, City Planning--Europe--History, Civilization, Medieval
...or less independent southern duchy of Benevento: a related interest in prestige architecture...of this is the church of S. Sophia in Benevento, one of the best preserved and most...his day. 19 He extended his capital, Benevento, building a new quarter, the civitas...
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The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians, 751-987
Book by Rosamond McKitterick; Longman, 1983
Subjects: Carolingians, France--History--To 987, Franks--History
...obtain the submission of Arichis, duke of Benevento. The Pope had claimed Spoleto, Benevento, Tuscany and Corsica but he was obliged...over Spoleto and Tuscany. Duke Arichis of Benevento seems to have been negotiating with Byzantium...
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Pope Urban II, the Collectio Britannica, and the Council of Melfi (1089)
Book by Robert Somerville, Stephan Kuttner; Clarendon Press, 1996
Subjects: Canon Law--Sources, Collectio Britannica, Urban--Ii--Pope--Ca. 1042-1099
...APPENDIX II The Canons of the Councils of Benevento 1091 and Troia 1093 This appendix will...other witnesses are used. For c. 1 of Benevento, variants are included from Gratian...before diffusion of the legislation from Benevento and Troia can be treated in detail...
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The Rise of the Aragonese-Catalan Empire, 1200-1350 - Vol. 1
Book by J. Lee Shneidman; New York University Press, 1970
Subjects: Aragon (Spain)--Foreign Relations, Aragon (Spain)--History
...Aragonese empire, appointed Pedro de Benevento as legate and ordered him to proceed...Catalan lords preferred to support de Benevento. 5 The threat from Simon and the danger...organize a pro-Jaime party. When de Benevento arrived in Aragon he established a regency...
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journal articles on: Benevento  - 41 results

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SEEING You AGAIN
Journal article by Joe Benevento; Bilingual Review, Vol. 24, 1999
Subjects: Short stories--Works
SEEING You AGAIN by Joe Benevento Joe Benevento * "Youre sleeping all alone, far from the body you believe...sleeping, sleeping and living a dream as you sleep. (*.) Joe Benevento teaches creative writing and literature of the Americas at...
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The Responsory: Type and Modulation
Journal article by László Dobszay; Studia Musicologica, Vol. 49, 2008
...documented (CAO: C, L; Cantus: Albi, Benevento 19, 20) is in the 8th mode. In some...Worcester, Klosterneuburg, Vorau, Benevento and also Krakow), and another one which...data (source L, Southern Italy). Benevento-20 adds a double alleluia to the end...
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Ad Imaginem Suam: Regional Chant Variants and the Origins of the Jeu d'Adam
Journal article by Charles T. Downey; Comparative Drama, 2002
...Lila Collamore, Joseph P. Metzinger. Benevento, Biblioteca capitolare, V 19 Breviary-missal, twelfth century, church in Benevento, Italy. CANTUS Index: Keith Glaeske...from Santo Domingo, Silos; and L (Benevento, Biblioteca capitolare, V-21...
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Visual Attention as a Multilevel Selection Process
Journal article by Sabine Kastner, Mark A. Pinsk; Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, Vol. 4, 2004
...Maunsell Van Essen, 1983; Standage Benevento, 1983; Ungerleider, Desimone, Galkin...of areas controlling eye movements (Benevento Standage, 1983; Harting, Huerta...The Pdm receives input from the SC (Benevento Standage, 1983); its interconnections...
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Effects of the Exotic Invasive Shrub Lonicera Maackii on the Survival and Fecundity of Three Species of Native Annuals
Journal article by Andrew M. A Gould, David L. Gorchov; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 144, 2000
Subjects: Flowers & plants, Forests
...Struik, 1965) mid-season (Cid-Benevento and Schaal, 1986) annual Impatiens...constant 10,000 seeds per gram (Cid-Benevento, 1986). Analysis.-These data did...continues to grow until late autumn (Cid-Benevento and Schaal, 1986). It is intermediate...
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"I Come from There...and Remember": a Photo Exhibition of Pre-1948 Palestine
Magazine article by Gina Benevento; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 27, May/Jun 2008
Subjects: Musical performances, Photographs, Refugees, Tents
"I Come from There...and Remember": a Photo Exhibition of Pre-1948 Palestine by Gina Benevento ITS A COLD AND WET Jerusalem winter afternoon, and already my desk is awash in requests for photographs. As chief of public information...
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The Sack of San Vincenzo Al Volturno
Magazine article by Richard Hodges; History Today, Vol. 47, July 1997
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy, Italy--History, Middle Ages--History, Monasteries--History
...said: May our dearest son go down to Benevento, with all the hosts of Italy, France...now began to menace the Principality of Benevento, an adventure occasioned by the death...ideological authority in the principality of Benevento. The buildings on the east bank of the...
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Charlemagne in Italy
Magazine article by Ross Balzaretti; History Today, Vol. 46, February 1996
Subjects: Charlemagne--Conduct of life, Italy--History, Kings and rulers--Conduct of life, Lombardy, Italy--History
...and the fearful struggle with the Lombard prince Aregis of Benevento in 786-87. Exceptional military prowess was a theme expected...suppression of the rebellion of Hrodgaud in 775; the wars with Benevento in 787-88; and, most oddly, Charlemagnes most famed exploit...
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When in Rome
Magazine article by Richard Hodges; History Today, Vol. 43, April 1993
Subjects: Historic sites--Management, Travel industry--Europe
...as the engine of the peninsula; in the Dark Ages when Rome was a ruinous wilderness and Tuscany forgotten, the kingdom of Benevento was one of the great strongholds of Latin Christendom. Only with the Normans did the South begin to divorce itself from the...
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Obituaries
Magazine article by Adam Chamy; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 28, August 2009
...involvement in the Oct. 7, 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro, died June 22 of a heart attack in a jail in Benevento, Italy, near Naples. While he did not participate in the actual hijacking by four members of the Palestine Liberation Front...
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newspaper articles on: Benevento  - 39 results

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Teacher on Leave after Drug Arrest
Newspaper article by Clarence Williams; The Washington Times, April 14, 1999
...plastic bags of crack cocaine. Fred Benevento, 47, pleaded not guilty in D.C...officials confirmed yesterday that Mr. Benevento was placed on administrative leave...he taught. As a football coach, Mr. Benevento built a successful football program at...
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Trio Brings Jazz in from the Edge
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), February 6, 2009
...Were not going so far as to call Marco Benevento "conventional." But he is bridge...his brand new album, "Me Not Me," Benevento interprets songs by Deerhoof, Leonard...JFJOs Reed Mathis plays on the new Benevento album, and hes making the trip to promote...
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At the Cuthbert, It's the Main Event
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), September 1, 2006
Subjects: Raitt, Bonnie
...cover. Luckeys is at 933 Olive St. The Benevento/Russo Duo Sunday, WOW Hall The Benevento/Russo Duo is back, making all the big sounds it can on drums and keys. Marco Benevento performed at the WOW Hall in May as part...
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Library to Loan Book Looted in War Back to Italy
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), April 2, 2005
...written in Beneventan script known as Benevento VI 29 or Egerton 3511, was looted from...Metropolitan Chapter of the Cathedral City of Benevento, Naples, in 1943. The panel tried...transferred to the Chapter Library in Benevento. The Chapter discovered that the manuscript...
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Victims Recalled as Hard-Working Fire Captain Says Smoke Alarms in Apartment Had No Batteries
Newspaper article by Ames Boykin; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 7, 2000
...hardest-working guys," said Johnny Benevento, a bartender and cook at The Spot...shocked to learn of their deaths Sunday. Benevento asked a co- worker to tend bar for him...its true," said friend Cathy Powell. Benevento was collecting money in a container with...
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encyclopedia articles on: Benevento  - 16 results

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Benevento
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BENEVENTO banavan to, city (1991 pop. 62,561), capital of Benevento prov., in Campania, S Italy. It is a trade center...with little industry. A leading town of Samnium, Benevento became under the Romans an important trade center...
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Lombards
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...The Lombard duchies of Spoleto and Benevento in central and S Italy were set up independently...his legislation and reduced Spoleto and Benevento to vassalage. One of his successors...the Lombard kingdom only the duchy of Benevento remained, and it was conquered in the...
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Campania
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Naples is the capital of Campania, which is divided into Benevento, Caserta, Naples, and Salerno provs. (named for their...the region; it later became part of the Lombard duchy of Benevento (except Naples and Amalfi, which were independent republics...
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Robert Guiscard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in 1071, Salerno in 1076. Roberts attacks on the duchy of Benevento, a papal fief, resulted in his excommunication (1074...had invaded Rome (1081). Ultimately, virtually all of Benevento except the city itself fell to Robert; he then turned his...
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Appian Way
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...built (312 b.c.) under Appius Claudius Caecus. It connected Rome with Capua and was later extended to Beneventum (now Benevento), Tarentum (Taranto), and Brundisium (Brindisi). It was the chief highway to Greece and the East. Its total length...
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