Rome Re-Imagined Twelfth-Century Jews, Christians and Muslims Encounter the Eternal City |
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| Editor:
| Hamilton, Louis I.
Riccioni, Stefano |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-88215-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $109.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.