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The Renaissance Battle for Rome examines the rhetorical battle fought simultaneously between a wide variety of parties (individuals, groups, authorities) seeking prestige or legitimacy through the legacy of ancient Rome―a battle over the question of whose claims to this legacy were most legitimate. Distinguishing four domains―power, morality, cityscape and literature―in which ancient Rome represented a particularly powerful example, this book traces the contours of this rhetorical battle across Renaissance Europe, based on a broad selection of Humanist Latin Poetry. It shows how humanist poets negotiated different claims on behalf of others and themselves in their work, acting both as "spin doctors" and "new Romans", while also undermining competing claims to this same idealized past. By so doing this book not only offers a new understanding of several aspects of the Renaissance that are usually considered separately, but ultimately allows us to understand Renaissance culture as a constant negotiation between appropriating and contesting the idea and ideal of "Rome."

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Author

Dr Susanna de Beer

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2024

Language

EN

ISBN

9780198878926

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Poetry, Literary Fiction