The Renaissance Battle for Rome: Competing Claims to an Idealized Past in Humanist Latin Poetry

by DE BEER

The Renaissance Battle for Rome examines the rhetorical battle fought simultaneously between a wide variety of parties (individuals, groups, authorities) seeking prestige or legitimacy through the legacy of ancient Rome--a battle over the question of whose claims to this legacy were most legitimate. Distinguishing four domains--power, morality, cityscape and literature--in which ancient Rome represented a particularly powerful example, this book traces...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198878907
• ISBN13: 9780198878902
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"