The Atina Forgeries of Peter the Deacon of Monte Cassino: The Impact Ancient Rome of Peter the Deacon

FAIN: FA-11590-76

Herbert Bloch
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, MA 02138-3800)

To study the works of Peter the Deacon involving rediscovered works of his that were believed lost. Grantee will discuss, besides the history of its discovery, its influence on the Catholic Reformation and other historians. The dossier represents works dealing with Atina and its saints. A second part of the study is devoted the Peter the Deacon's treatises dealing with ancient Rome.