The Idea and Ideal of the Town Between Late Antiquity and the Early Modern Ages (Transformation of the Roman World)
Contributors: Gian Pietro Brogiolo (Editor); B. Ward-Perkins (Editor)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: June 1999
Language: eng; fre
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9789004109018
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Urban communities; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; Medieval World History (Circa 450 - Circa 1450); Urban Sociology; History; Sociology; Ancient World; Interior Design - General; Medieval; Sociology - Urban; Civilization, Medieval; Cities and towns, Medieval
Description: "This volume examines the changing perceptions and ideals of town life, from the classical civitas/polis (the lynch-pin of ancient civilisation) to the medieval city (still playing many central roles, but with less of the ideological charge characteristic of Antiquity). One central theme is the persistent 'shadow' of the ancient city - in crumbling ancient buildings, and the survival of Roman styles of urban lay-out; and in the way that cities were depicted both visually (in persistence of often outmoded classical terms and descriptions), and verbally (in the persistence of often outmoded classical terms and descriptions). Yet the ideal of the city was also changing and developing, especially around the idea of a new, specifically Christian city, protected by its saints and by its churches."--