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Rome Across Time and Space: Cultural Transmission and the Exchange of Ideas, C.500-1400

Rosamond McKitterick

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Medieval Rome was uniquely important, both as a physical city and as an idea with immense cultural capital, encapsulating the legacy of the ancient Empire, the glorious world of the martyrs and the triumph of Christian faith. Rome Across Time and Space explores these twin dimensions of 'place' and 'idea' and analyses Rome's role in the transmission of culture throughout the Middle Ages. Ranging widely over liturgy, architecture, sculpture and textual history, the authors focus on the mutual enrichment derived from the exchange of ideas and illuminate how cultural exchanges between Rome and its 'neighbours' , and within Rome worked as catalysts for change, both to shape the medieval city and to help construct the medieval idea of Rome itself. The result is a rich and original perspective on a beguiling city with enduring appeal.

Language: English

Pages: 372

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: April 28, 2011

ISBN: 052119217X

ISBN 13: 9780521192170

Rome Across Time and Space: Cultural Transmission and the Exchange of Ideas, C.500-1400

Rosamond McKitterick

0/5 ( ratings)

Medieval Rome was uniquely important, both as a physical city and as an idea with immense cultural capital, encapsulating the legacy of the ancient Empire, the glorious world of the martyrs and the triumph of Christian faith. Rome Across Time and Space explores these twin dimensions of 'place' and 'idea' and analyses Rome's role in the transmission of culture throughout the Middle Ages. Ranging widely over liturgy, architecture, sculpture and textual history, the authors focus on the mutual enrichment derived from the exchange of ideas and illuminate how cultural exchanges between Rome and its 'neighbours' , and within Rome worked as catalysts for change, both to shape the medieval city and to help construct the medieval idea of Rome itself. The result is a rich and original perspective on a beguiling city with enduring appeal.

Language: English

Pages: 372

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: April 28, 2011

ISBN: 052119217X

ISBN 13: 9780521192170

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