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Title Rome re-imagined : twelfth-century Jews, Christians and Muslims encounter the eternal city / [edited by] Louis I. Hamilton and Stefano Riccioni
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (571, v pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Introduction: Rome Re-imagined / Herbert L. Kessler -- The Rituals of Renaissance : Liturgy and Mythic History in The Marvels of Rome / Louis I. Hamilton -- Rewriting Antiquity, Renewing Rome : The Identity of the Eternal City through Visual Art, Monumental Inscriptions and the Mirabilia / Stefano Riccioni -- Walking in the Shadows of the Past : The Jewish Experience of Rome in the Twelfth Century / Marie Therese Champagne and Ra'anan S. Boustan -- Viewing Rome from the Roman Empires / Emily Albu -- An Assessment of the Political Symbolism of the City of Rome in the Writings of John of Salisbury / Irene A. O'Daly -- Decoding the Labyrinth : Rome in Arabic and Persian Medieval Literature / Mario Casari -- Conclusion: An Imagined City / Louis I. Hamilton and Stefano Riccioni
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Jews -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- To 1500
Christians -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- To 1500
Muslims -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- To 1500
Papacy -- History -- To 1500
Civilization, Medieval -- Classical influences.
Travelers' writings -- History and criticism
Christians
Civilization, Medieval -- Classical influences
Jews
Literature
Muslims
Papacy
Travelers' writings
SUBJECT Rome (Italy) -- History -- 476-1420. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115200
Rome (Italy) -- Church history
Rome (Italy) -- In literature
Rome (Italy) -- In art. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96006782
Subject Italy -- Rome
Genre/Form Art
Church history
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
Author Hamilton, Louis I
Riccioni, Stefano
LC no. 2012017175
ISBN 9789004235670
9004235671