Rome Re-Imagined
Author | : Louis I. Hamilton |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2012-06-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004225282 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004225285 |
Rating | : 4/5 (285 Downloads) |
Download or read book Rome Re-Imagined written by Louis I. Hamilton and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.