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 inLocal Antiquities, Local Identities p. 57
Main Author Christian, Kathleen
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom Manchester University Press 01.12.2018
Edition1
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Agostino Maffei
Cardinal Pietro Riario
Cardinal Raffaele Riario
History of Art
Italian Renaissance Architecture and Antiquarianism
Lorenzo Manlio
Maffei family of Verona
Renaissance Collections of Antiquities
Renaissance reception of antiquity
Renaissance Rome
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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.
ISBN:9781526117045
1526117045
DOI:10.7228/manchester/9781526117045.003.0004