基本説明
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).
Full Description
This volume collects papers by distinguished European scholars, on the changing perception of the city in the period of transition from the Roman World to the Early Middle Ages. Central themes are the persistence of classical ideals of urban life, within a rapidly-changing world, and the emergence of a new ideal of the city that was specifically Christian.
Contents
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
