Urban honor in Spain
Subtitle: the laus urbis from antiquity through humanism
By: Jeffrey S. Ruth ; with a foreword by Ottavio Di Camillo
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780773425613
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Spanish literature; Description and travel; City and town life in literature; History and criticism; Cities and towns in literature; Medieval and modern Latin literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Ancient and medieval theory for the praise of cities; title: Ancient precedents to medieval and humanist encomia of cities; title: Medieval Latin encomia of cities; title: The medieval Iberian laus hispaniae and laus urbis; title: Vernacular praise of city and kingdom, 1300-1460; title: The early humanist laus urbis and its adaptation in Spain; title: Conclusions.