People and places of the Roman past : the educated traveller's guide / edited by Peter Hatlie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hatlie, Peter, editor.

Series:

Collection development, cultural heritage, and digital humanities.

Collection development, cultural heritage, and digital humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monuments--Italy--Rome.

Monuments.

Rome (Italy)--History.

Rome (Italy).

Rome (Italy)--Civilization.

Rome (Italy)--Guidebooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 254 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leeds, UK : Arc Humanities Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

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, '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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

1-64189-324-9

1-64189-958-1

1-942401-55-8

1-942401-56-6

OCLC:

1110715170