Silvia De Bellis

The Collectanea provide access to the creation process of Anastasius the Librarian (how he obtained the sources and how he used them in his translations), highlighting the relationships between intellectuals of his time, in particular John the Deacon. The pamphlets of the Collectanea are emblematic for the understanding of the disputes involving the Papacy in the second half of the ninth century, such as the debate on papal infallibility and the Photian schism...