Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Rome Re-Imagined |
Subtitle of host publication | Twelfth-Century Jews, Christians and Muslims Encounter the Eternal City: Twelfth-Century Jews, Christians and Muslims Encounter the Eternal City |
Publisher | Brill |
ISBN (Print) | 9789004225282 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Arts and Humanities
- General Social Sciences