City of Echoes (eBook)

Jessica Warnberg (Autor)

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2023
Icon Books (Verlag)
9781837731077 (ISBN)

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In Rome the echoes of the past resound clearly in its palaces and monuments, and in the remains of the ancient imperial city. But another presence has dominated Rome for 2,000 years -the pope, whose actions and influence echo down the ages. In this epic tale, historian Jessica Wärnberg tells, for the first time, the story of Rome through the lens of its popes, illuminating how these remarkable (and unremarkable) men have transformed lives and played a crucial role in deciding the fate of the city. Emerging as the anonymous leader of a marginal cult in the humblest quarters of the city, less than 300 years later the pope sat enthroned in a gilt basilica, endorsed by the emperor himself. Eventually, the Roman pontiff would supplant even the emperors, becoming the de facto ruler of Rome and pre-eminent leader of the Christian world. Shifting elegantly between the panoramic and the personal, the spiritual and the profane, this is a fresh and often surprising take on a city, a people and an institution that is at once familiar and elusive.

Jessica Wärnberg is a historian of the religious and political history of Europe, with a background in the history of art. She has written for academic journals and popular magazines like History Today. In Rome, the city she knows best, she has worked extensively in the archives of the Vatican and the Jesuits. Jessica has also taught history, including at the University of St Andrews. She lives in London.

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In Rome the echoes of the past resound clearly in its palaces and monuments, and in the remains of the ancient imperial city. But another presence has dominated Rome for 2,000 years -the pope, whose actions and influence echo down the ages. In this epic tale, historian Jessica Warnberg tells, for the first time, the story of Rome through the lens of its popes, illuminating how these remarkable (and unremarkable) men have transformed lives and played a crucial role in deciding the fate of the city. Emerging as the anonymous leader of a marginal cult in the humblest quarters of the city, less than 300 years later the pope sat enthroned in a gilt basilica, endorsed by the emperor himself. Eventually, the Roman pontiff would supplant even the emperors, becoming the de facto ruler of Rome and pre-eminent leader of the Christian world. Shifting elegantly between the panoramic and the personal, the spiritual and the profane, this is a fresh and often surprising take on a city, a people and an institution that is at once familiar and elusive.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.8.2023
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: and Julius Caesar • Andrew Pettegree The Library: A Fragile History Brand Luther: How an Unheralded Monk Turned His Small Town into a Center of Publishing • and The Other Renaissance Philip Freeman Alexander the Great • An Elephant in Rome: Bernini • Made Himself the Most Famous Man in Europe and Started the Protestant Reformation • Paul Strathern The Borgias • Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town Mary Beard Twelve Caesars Dan Snow • Rome: Eternal City Ferdinand Addis Christopher Hibbert Rome: Biography of the City • Stephen P. Kershaw The Harvest of War and The Enemies of Rome Catherine Fletcher The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance • the medici • The Pope and The Making of the Eternal City Loyd Grossman • The Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes & Imperial Pretenders Peter Heather • The Roman Revolution: Crisis and Christianity in Ancient Rome Nick Holmes Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Simon Baker
• ISBN-13: 9781837731077 / 9781837731077