Rome re-imagined
Subtitle: twelfth-century Jews, Christians and Muslims encounter the Eternal City
By: [edited by] Louis I. Hamilton and Stefano Riccioni
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004225282
Subjects: In art; History; Jews; History and criticism; Papacy; Classical influences; Muslims; Travelers' writings; Church history; In literature; Christians; Medieval Civilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Rome Re-imagined / Herbert L. Kessler; title: The Rituals of Renaissance : Liturgy and   Mythic History in The Marvels of Rome / Louis I. Hamilton; title: Rewriting Antiquity, Renewing Rome : The Identity of the Eternal City through Visual Art, Monumental Inscriptions and the Mirabilia / Stefano Riccioni; title: Walking in the Shadows of the Past : The Jewish Experience of Rome in the Twelfth Century / Marie Therese Champagne and Ra'anan S. Boustan; title: Viewing Rome from the Roman Empires / Emily Albu; title: An Assessment of the Political Symbolism of the City of Rome in the Writings of John of Salisbury / Irene A. O'Daly; title: Decoding the Labyrinth : Rome in Arabic and Persian Medieval Literature / Mario Casari; title: Conclusion: An Imagined City / Louis I. Hamilton and Stefano Riccioni.