Roma caput mundi Rome’s local antiquities as symbol and source
Rome’s local identity in the post-classical era has been shaped by its status as caput mundi. The arrival of outsiders to see Rome’s ancient wonders was a constant in the city’s medieval history, offering symbolic confirmation that its status as centre of the world would continue unchallenged, as a...
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Published in | Local Antiquities, Local Identities p. 57 |
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Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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United Kingdom
Manchester University Press
01.12.2018
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Edition | 1 |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | Rome’s local identity in the post-classical era has been shaped by its status as caput mundi. The arrival of outsiders to see Rome’s ancient wonders was a constant in the city’s medieval history, offering symbolic confirmation that its status as centre of the world would continue unchallenged, as a source of pride for the city’s nobility and communal government, but above all for the papacy, whose identity as an institution was bound up with rituals confirming the submission of the outside world – in the form of pilgrimage to Rome’s basilicas, or emperors’ visits to Rome to receive their crowns. |
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ISBN: | 9781526117045 1526117045 |
DOI: | 10.7228/manchester/9781526117045.003.0004 |