Urban Developments in Late Antique and Medieval Rome : Revising the Narrative of Renewal Hardback
Edited by Gregor Kalas, Ann van Dijk
Part of the Social Worlds of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages series
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A narrative of decline punctuated by periods of renewal has long structured perceptions of Rome’s late antique and medieval history.
In their probing contributions to this volume, a multi-disciplinary group of scholars provides alternative approaches to understanding the period.
Addressing developments in governance, ceremony, literature, art, music, clerical education and the construction of the city’s identity, the essays examine how a variety of actors, from poets to popes, productively addressed the intermittent crises and shifting dynamics of these centuries in ways that bolstered the city’s resilience.
Without denying that the past (both pre-Christian and Christian) consistently remained a powerful touchstone, the studies in this volume offer rich new insights into the myriad ways that Romans, between the fifth and the eleventh centuries, creatively assimilated the past as they shaped their future.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:342 pages, 43 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:21/06/2021
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- ISBN:9789462989085
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:342 pages, 43 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Amsterdam University Press
- Publication Date:21/06/2021
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- ISBN:9789462989085
