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People and Places of the Roman Past : The Educated Traveller's Guide / ed. by Peter Hatlie.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Collection Development, Cultural Heritage, and Digital HumanitiesPublisher: Leeds : ARC Humanities Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781942401544
  • 9781942401568
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements and Editorial Note -- List of Contributors -- Chapter One. The Educated Traveller's Guide -- Chapter Two. Pope Leo I the Great (ca. 400-461, r. 440-61 ce) at the Basilica di S. Pietro and the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo -- Chapter Three. Saint Dominic de Guzmán (ca. 1170-1221 CE ) at the Basilicas of S. Marco al Campidoglio, San Sisto Vecchio, and Santa Sabina -- Chapter Four. John Keats (1795-1821 CE ) and Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822 CE ) at the Keats-Shelley House and the Cimitero Acattolico -- Chapter Five. Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE ) at the Teatro di Pompeo, Rostra, Tempio del Divo Giulio, and Basilica Giulia -- Chapter Six. Empress Livia (58 BCE -29 CE ) on the Palatino -- Chapter Seven. Emperor Hadrian (76-138 CE ) at Castel Sant'Angelo, the Pantheon, and the Tempio di Venere e Roma -- Chapter Eight. Pope Clement I of Rome (ca. 35-99 or 101, r. 88-99 or 101 CE ) at the Basilica di San Clemente -- Chapter Nine. Emperor Constantine (ca. 277-337, r. 324-37 CE) at the Arco di Costantino, the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, and the Basilica dei Santi Quattro Coronati -- Chapter Ten. Pope Paul III (1468-1549, r. 1534-49 CE ), Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), and the Campidoglio -- Chapter Eleven. St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-74 CE ) at Santa Sabina, the Angelicum, and the Basilica di Santa Maria Sopra Minerva -- Chapter Twelve. Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702-35 CE) at the Basilica di S. Pietro, Palazzo Muti, and the Basilica dei XII Santi Apostoli -- Chapter Thirteen. Pope Urban VIII (1568-1644, r. 1623-44 CE ) at the Basilica di S. Pietro, Fontana del Tritone, and Palazzo Barberini -- Chapter Fourteen. John Henry Newman (1801-90 CE ) at the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, Basilica di Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, and the Chiesa di S. Giorgio in Velabro -- Chapter Fifteen. Philip Neri (1515-95 CE) at the Catacombe di S. Sebastiano, the Chiesa di San Girolamo della Carità, the Basilica di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, and the Chiesa Nuova -- Chapter Sixteen. Pope Julius II (1443-1513, r. 1503-13 CE) at the Basilica di San Pietro, the Musei Vaticani, and Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli -- Chapter Seventeen. St. Peter (ca. 10-64 CE ) and St. Paul (5-67 CE ) at the Basilica di San Pietro, the Basilica di San Paolo Fuori le Mura, and the Abbazia delle Tre Fontane -- Chapter Eighteen. Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520 CE ), Tommaso "Fedra" Inghirami (1470-1516 CE ), and Pope Julius II (1443-1513, r. 1503-13 CE ) at the Stanza della Segnatura (1508-11 CE ) -- Chapter Nineteen. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564 CE ) at the Cappella Sistina -- Appendix A. Concordance of Place Names -- Appendix B. Timeline of the People and Places Mentioned in this Volume -- Index
Summary: Written by scholars who have lived in Rome and specialize in Roman history, religion, and culture, this book is a cross between a tourist guide, scholarly article, and encyclopedia. It is written for travellers in search of inspiration and information as they tour the streets, churches, museums, and monuments of the Roman past. Combining biographical portraits of some of the Eternal City's most important historical actors in the worlds of art, religion, and politics with a study of the very monuments, works of art, and urban spaces associated with them, People and Places of the Roman Past offers an informative and insightful look at the human and cultural history of one of the great cities of the world.Summary: Written by scholars who specialize in Roman history, religion, and culture, this book is written for travellers in search of inspiration and learning as they tour the streets, churches, museums, and monuments of the Roman past. Combining biographical portraits of some of Rome's most significant historical figures with a study of the monuments, artworks, and places associated with them, ‹i›People and Places of the Roman Past‹/i› offers an informative and insightful look at the human and cultural history of one of the great cities of the world.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements and Editorial Note -- List of Contributors -- Chapter One. The Educated Traveller's Guide -- Chapter Two. Pope Leo I the Great (ca. 400-461, r. 440-61 ce) at the Basilica di S. Pietro and the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo -- Chapter Three. Saint Dominic de Guzmán (ca. 1170-1221 CE ) at the Basilicas of S. Marco al Campidoglio, San Sisto Vecchio, and Santa Sabina -- Chapter Four. John Keats (1795-1821 CE ) and Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822 CE ) at the Keats-Shelley House and the Cimitero Acattolico -- Chapter Five. Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE ) at the Teatro di Pompeo, Rostra, Tempio del Divo Giulio, and Basilica Giulia -- Chapter Six. Empress Livia (58 BCE -29 CE ) on the Palatino -- Chapter Seven. Emperor Hadrian (76-138 CE ) at Castel Sant'Angelo, the Pantheon, and the Tempio di Venere e Roma -- Chapter Eight. Pope Clement I of Rome (ca. 35-99 or 101, r. 88-99 or 101 CE ) at the Basilica di San Clemente -- Chapter Nine. Emperor Constantine (ca. 277-337, r. 324-37 CE) at the Arco di Costantino, the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, and the Basilica dei Santi Quattro Coronati -- Chapter Ten. Pope Paul III (1468-1549, r. 1534-49 CE ), Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), and the Campidoglio -- Chapter Eleven. St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-74 CE ) at Santa Sabina, the Angelicum, and the Basilica di Santa Maria Sopra Minerva -- Chapter Twelve. Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702-35 CE) at the Basilica di S. Pietro, Palazzo Muti, and the Basilica dei XII Santi Apostoli -- Chapter Thirteen. Pope Urban VIII (1568-1644, r. 1623-44 CE ) at the Basilica di S. Pietro, Fontana del Tritone, and Palazzo Barberini -- Chapter Fourteen. John Henry Newman (1801-90 CE ) at the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, Basilica di Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, and the Chiesa di S. Giorgio in Velabro -- Chapter Fifteen. Philip Neri (1515-95 CE) at the Catacombe di S. Sebastiano, the Chiesa di San Girolamo della Carità, the Basilica di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, and the Chiesa Nuova -- Chapter Sixteen. Pope Julius II (1443-1513, r. 1503-13 CE) at the Basilica di San Pietro, the Musei Vaticani, and Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli -- Chapter Seventeen. St. Peter (ca. 10-64 CE ) and St. Paul (5-67 CE ) at the Basilica di San Pietro, the Basilica di San Paolo Fuori le Mura, and the Abbazia delle Tre Fontane -- Chapter Eighteen. Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520 CE ), Tommaso "Fedra" Inghirami (1470-1516 CE ), and Pope Julius II (1443-1513, r. 1503-13 CE ) at the Stanza della Segnatura (1508-11 CE ) -- Chapter Nineteen. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564 CE ) at the Cappella Sistina -- Appendix A. Concordance of Place Names -- Appendix B. Timeline of the People and Places Mentioned in this Volume -- Index

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Written by scholars who have lived in Rome and specialize in Roman history, religion, and culture, this book is a cross between a tourist guide, scholarly article, and encyclopedia. It is written for travellers in search of inspiration and information as they tour the streets, churches, museums, and monuments of the Roman past. Combining biographical portraits of some of the Eternal City's most important historical actors in the worlds of art, religion, and politics with a study of the very monuments, works of art, and urban spaces associated with them, People and Places of the Roman Past offers an informative and insightful look at the human and cultural history of one of the great cities of the world.

Written by scholars who specialize in Roman history, religion, and culture, this book is written for travellers in search of inspiration and learning as they tour the streets, churches, museums, and monuments of the Roman past. Combining biographical portraits of some of Rome's most significant historical figures with a study of the monuments, artworks, and places associated with them, ‹i›People and Places of the Roman Past‹/i› offers an informative and insightful look at the human and cultural history of one of the great cities of the world.

Issued also in print.

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In English.

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