Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789004505841
,
9789004109018
Series Statement:
Transformation of the Roman World 4
Content:
This volume examines the changing perceptions and ideals of town life, from the classical civitas/polis (the lynch-pin of ancient civilisation) to the medieval city (still playing many central roles, but with less of the ideological charge characteristic of Antiquity). One central theme is the persistent 'shadow' of the ancient city - in crumbling ancient buildings, and the survival of Roman styles of urban lay-out; and in the way that cities were depicted both visually (in persistence of often outmoded classical terms and descriptions), and verbally (in the persistence of often outmoded classical terms and descriptions). Yet the ideal of the city was also changing and developing, especially around the idea of a new, specifically Christian city, protected by its saints and by its churches
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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A. Orselli, L'idée de la ville dans l'antiquité tardive -- N. Gauthier, La topographie chrétienne entre idéologie et pragmatisme -- G. Cantino Wataghin, The Ideology of Urban Burial -- B. Ward-Perkins, Christianising Pagan Buildings -- C.Bertelli, Iconographical Models of Towns -- J. Arce, The Foundation of New Cities in the Roman/Early Medieval Period: Models and Functions -- J. Haldon, The Idea of the Town in the Byzantine Empire -- W. Brandes, Byzantinische Städte im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert - Verschiedene Quellen, Verschiedene Geschichten? -- R. Hillenbrand, The Ummayad City: The Case of Anjar -- G.P. Brogiolo, Image and Reality in Early Medieval Italy.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Idea and Ideal of the Town between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages Leiden : BRILL, 1999 ISBN 9789004109018
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004505841
