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The Renaissance Battle for Rome

Competing Claims to an Idealized Past in Humanist Latin Poetry

By: Susanna de Beer

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The Renaissance Battle for Rome

Competing Claims to an Idealized Past in Humanist Latin Poetry

By: Susanna de Beer

The Renaissance Battle for Rome examines the rhetorical battle fought simultaneously between a wide variety of parties (individuals, groups, authorities) seeking prestige or legitimacy through the legacy of ancient Rome—a battle over the question of whose claims to this legacy were most legitimate. Distinguishing four domains—power, morality, cityscape and literature—in which ancient Rome represented a particularly powerful example, this book traces the contours of this rhetorical battle across Renaissance Europe, based on a broad selection of Humanist Latin Poetry. It shows how humanist poets negotiated different claims on behalf of others and themselves in their work, acting both as "spin doctors" and "new Romans", while also undermining competing claims to this same idealized past. By so doing this book not only offers a new understanding of several aspects of the Renaissance that are usually considered separately, but ultimately allows us to understand Renaissance culture as a constant negotiation between appropriating and contesting the idea and ideal of "Rome.

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Oxford University Press

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0198878923

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9780198878926

Asylum-Seeking, Migration and Church

By: Susanna Snyder

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Asylum-Seeking, Migration and Church

By: Susanna Snyder

Asylum-Seeking, Migration and Church addresses one of the most pressing issues confronting contemporary society. How are we to engage with migrants? Drawing on studies of church engagement with asylum seekers in the UK and critical immigration and refugee issues in North America, Snyder presents an extended theological reflection on both the issue of asylum-seeking and the fears of established populations surrounding immigration. This book outlines ways in which churches are currently supporting asylum seekers, encouraging closer engagement with people seen as 'other' and more thoughtful responses to newcomers. Creatively exploring biblical and theological traditions surrounding the 'stranger', Snyder argues that as well as practising a vision of inclusive community churches would do well to engage with established population fears. Trends in global migration and the dynamics of fear and hostility surrounding immigration are critically and creatively explored throughout the book. Inviting more complex, nuanced responses to asylum seekers and immigrants, this book offers invaluable insights to those interested in Christian ethics, practical theology, social work, mission and faith and social action, as well as those working in the field of migration.

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310

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Routledge

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1317177738

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9781317177739

Queen Christina of Sweden and her Circle

The Transformation of a Seventeenth-Century Philosophical Libertine

By: Susanna Åkerman

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Queen Christina of Sweden and her Circle

The Transformation of a Seventeenth-Century Philosophical Libertine

By: Susanna Åkerman

The life and works of Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) have often been obscured behind a haze of Iurid myths and legends. This book looks again at her notorious abdication of 1654, seeing it against the background of her reputation as a "libertine", a heterodox religious thinker. Her subsequent conversion to Catholicism is therefore understood as a consequence of messianic and millenarian expectations during those turbulent years, and her bizarre attempt in 1657 to become the ruler of Naples is revealed to be the political wing of a comprehensive religious and intellectual philosophy.

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358

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BRILL

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9004246703

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9789004246706

The Renaissance Battle for Rome

Competing Claims to an Idealized Past in Humanist Latin Poetry

By: Susanna de Beer

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Competing Claims to an Idealized Past in Humanist Latin Poetry

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Oxford University Press

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0198878923

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Far Afield

By: Susanna Kaysen

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Far Afield

By: Susanna Kaysen

Jonathan Brand, a graduate student in anthropology, has decided to do his fieldwork in the remote Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. But, despite his Harvard training, he can barely understand, let alone "study," the culture he encounters. From his struggles with the local cuisine to his affair with the Danish woman the locals want him to marry, Jonathan is both repelled by and drawn into the Faroese way of life. Wry and insightful, Far Afield reveals reveals Susanna Kaysen's gifts of imagination, satire, and compassion. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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356

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Vintage

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0394758226

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9780394758220

Brazil

By: Wilbur Cross,Susanna Cross

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Brazil

By: Wilbur Cross,Susanna Cross

An introduction to the geography, history, economy, natural resources, people, and culture of the vast and diverse South American country that is the fifth largest nation in the world.

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138

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Children's Press(CT)

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0516027530

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9780516027531

Adventuring in the Pacific

Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia

By: Susanna Margolis

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Adventuring in the Pacific

Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia

By: Susanna Margolis

This is the most comprehensive travel guide available to the 15 South Pacific island nations of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia, a region 5 times the size of the continental United States. Includes 8 black-and-white photographs and 21 maps.

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Sierra Club Books for Children

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0871563908

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9780871563903

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The Renaissance Battle for Rome

The Renaissance Battle for Rome

Asylum-Seeking, Migration and Church

Asylum-Seeking, Migration and Church

Queen Christina of Sweden and her Circle

Queen Christina of Sweden and her Circle

The Renaissance Battle for Rome

The Renaissance Battle for Rome

Far Afield

Far Afield

Brazil

Brazil

Adventuring in the Pacific

Adventuring in the Pacific

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