The Renaissance battle for Rome : competing claims to an idealized past in humanist Latin poetry /

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....

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Main Author:	Beer, Susanna de (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Series:	Classical presences.
Subjects:	Latin poetry, Medieval and modern > Themes, motives. Humanism. Renaissance. Rome > Poetry. Poésie latine médiévale et moderne > Thèmes, motifs. Humanisme. humanism.