Urban Legends: Civic Identity and the Classical Past in Northern Italy, 1250-1350 - Paperback
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Between 1250 and 1350, numerous Italian city-states jockeyed for position in a cutthroat political climate. Seeking to legitimate and ennoble their autonomy, they turned to ancient Rome for concrete and symbolic sources of identity. Each city-state appropriated classical symbols, ancient materials, and Roman myths to legitimate its regime as a logical successor to--or continuation of--Roman rule. In Urban Legends, Carrie Benes illuminates this role of the classical past in the construction of late medieval Italian urban identity.
Carrie Benes is Associate Professor of Medieval and Renaissance History at the New College of Florida.
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