Rome Re-Imagined : Twelfth-Century Jews, Christians and Muslims Encounter the Eternal City.
This collection examines the image of Rome through Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, and Persian descriptions of the eternal city. Placing the twelfth-century renaissance into a Mediterranean context. The city of Rome is revealed as a multi-vocal object of desire and a contested ideal.
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Riccioni, Stefano. |
| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Leiden : BRILL, 2012. |
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| Online Access: | Click to View |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Note from the Publisher
- Introduction: Rome Re-imagined
- The Rituals of Renaissance: Liturgy and Mythic History in The Marvels of Rome
- Rewriting Antiquity, Renewing Rome. The Identity of the Eternal City through Visual Art, Monumental Inscriptions and the Mirabilia
- Walking in the Shadows of the Past: The Jewish Experience of Rome in the Twelfth Century
- Viewing Rome from the Roman Empires
- An Assessment of the Political Symbolism of the City of Rome in the Writings of John of Salisbury
- Decoding the Labyrinth: Rome in Arabic and Persian Medieval Literature
- Conclusion: An Imagined City
- Index.