Rome Re-Imagined ：Twelfth-Century Jews, Christians and Muslims Encounter the Eternal City ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：Twelfth-Century Jews, Christians and Muslims Encounter the Eternal City

Publication series ：1

Author： Hamilton   Louis I.;Riccioni   Stefano  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2012

E-ISBN: 9789004235670

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004225282

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004225282

Subject： K History and Geography

Language： ENG

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Description

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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Contents

pp.：  5 – 6

Note from the Publisher

pp.：  7 – 8

Introduction: Rome Re-imagined

pp.：  9 – 10

The Rituals of Renaissance: Liturgy and Mythic History in The Marvels of Rome

pp.：  11 – 32

Rewriting Antiquity, Renewing Rome. The Identity of the Eternal City through Visual Art, Monumental Inscriptions and the Mirabilia

pp.：  33 – 57

Walking in the Shadows of the Past: The Jewish Experience of Rome in the Twelfth Century

pp.：  58 – 88

Viewing Rome from the Roman Empires

pp.：  89 – 105

An Assessment of the Political Symbolism of the City of Rome in the Writings of John of Salisbury

pp.：  106 – 127

Decoding the Labyrinth: Rome in Arabic and Persian Medieval Literature

pp.：  128 – 159

Conclusion: An Imagined City

pp.：  160 – 166

Index

pp.：  167 – 171

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