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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Romanitas"”.
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Roman Nostalgia Exemplarity and Romanitas in Late Republican and Imperial Literature
… what is deemed essential to Romanness, or <em>Romanitas</em>. For evidence, this dissertation will use largely literary and philosophical works, with formal histories to provide background. The span of time covered by these works is roughly from the middle of the first century B.C.E. (with …
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The Catafalque of Paul V: Architecture, Sculpture and Iconography
… of the catafalque stresses the Borghese family's Romanitas and underscores the importance of Paul's patronage in both purifying the Roman Church and ushering in a new Golden Age. This dissertation begins by investigating the context of Paul's reburial. Chapter one looks the protocol surrounding …
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The Persian Persecution: Martyrdom, Politics, and Religious Identity in Late Ancient Syriac Christianity
… had become coextensive with <italic>Romanitas</italic>: Persian Christians were persecuted because they worshipped Caesar's god and, thereby, allied themselves with Rome. </p><p>By contrast, this dissertation reconsiders Christian historical narratives, the rhetorical and …
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The Sanctity of the State under Frederick Barbarossa (1152 - 1190): Saint Charlemagne and the sacrum imperium
In my thesis I discuss a very influential and widely accepted thesis on the resacralisation of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa (1152 – 1190) and Rainald of Dassel (chancellor 1156 – 1159, archbishop of Cologne 1159 – 1167). I first trace the history of this opinion, showing …