The Presence of Rome in Medieval and Early Modern Britain: Texts, Artefacts and Beliefs

by Andrew Wallace

Book Overview

This book explores the cultural and intellectual stakes of medieval and renaissance Britain's sense of itself as living in the shadow of Rome: a city whose name could designate the ancient, fallen, quintessentially human power that had conquered and colonized Britain, and also the alternately sanctified and demonized Roman Church. Wallace takes medieval texts in a range of languages (including Latin, medieval Welsh, Old English and Old French) and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108791433
• ISBN13: 9781108791434
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"