ISBN:
9781512827019
Language:
English
Pages:
307 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln
,
25 Illustrationen und Karten (schwarz/weiß), 18 Farbtafeln
,
26 cm
Series Statement:
The Middle ages series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.5/2209456320902
Keywords:
Geschichte 500-1600
;
Adel
;
Genealogie
;
Heiligenverehrung
;
Architektur
;
Rom
;
Nobility / Italy / Rome / Genealogy / Historiography
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Christian saints / Cult / Italy / Rome / History / To 1500
;
Christian saints / Cult / Italy / Rome / History / 16th century
;
Christianity / Social aspects / Italy / Rome / History / To 1500
;
Christianity / Social aspects / Italy / Rome / History / 16th century
;
Genealogy / Religious aspects / Christianity
;
Rom
;
Adel
;
Heiligenverehrung
;
Genealogie
;
Architektur
;
Geschichte 500-1600
Abstract:
"This book explores the creative efforts of some of Rome's most prominent noble families to weave themselves into Rome's Christian past. Maya Maskarinec shows how, from Late Antiquity to early modernity, elite Roman families used genealogy, architecture, and the urban fabric to appropriate the city's saints for their own, eventually claiming them as ancestors"--
