Rome re-imagined [electronic resource] : twelfth-century Jews, Christians and Muslims encounter the Eternal City / [edited by] Louis I. Hamilton and Stefano Riccioni.
Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2011.Description: 1 online resource (171 p.)ISBN:- 9789004235670 (electronic bk.)
- 9004235671 (electronic bk.)
- Rome (Italy) -- History -- 476-1420
- Rome (Italy) -- Church history
- Rome (Italy) -- In literature
- Rome (Italy) -- In art
- Jews -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- To 1500
- Christians -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- To 1500
- Muslims -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- To 1500
- Papacy -- History -- To 1500
- Civilization, Medieval -- Classical influences
- Travelers' writings -- History and criticism
- Christians -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- To 1500
- Civilization, Medieval -- Classical influences
- Jews -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- To 1500
- Muslims -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- To 1500
- Papacy -- History -- To 1500
- Rome (Italy) -- Church history
- Rome (Italy) -- History -- 476-1420
- Rome (Italy) -- In art
- Rome (Italy) -- In literature
- Travelers' writings -- History and criticism
- History
- Social Science
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
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Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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