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Urban Legends: Civic Identity and the Classical Past in Northern Italy, 1250-1350
by Urban Legends: Civic Identity and the Classical Past in Northern Italy, 1250-1350
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Between 1250 and 1350, numerous Italian city-states jockeyed for position in a cutthroat political climate. Seeking to legitimate and ennoble their autonomy, they turned to ancient Rome for concrete and symbolic sources of identity. Each city-state appropriated classical symbols, ancient materials, and Roman myths to legitimate its regime as a logical successor to--or continuation of--Roman rule. In Urban Legends, Carrie Benes illuminates this role of the classical past in the construction of late medieval Italian urban identity.
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- May 15, 2015 Pub Date:
- 9780271037660 ISBN-13:
- 0271037660 ISBN-10:
- English Language
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