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Imagined Romes - The Ancient City and Its Stories in Middle English Poetry (Paperback)
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Imagined Romes - The Ancient City and Its Stories in Middle English Poetry (Paperback)
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This volume explores the conflicting representations of ancient
Rome-one of the most important European cities in the medieval
imagination-in late Middle English poetry. Once the capital of a
great pagan empire whose ruined monuments still inspired awe in the
Middle Ages, Rome, the seat of the pope, became a site of Christian
pilgrimage owing to the fame of its early martyrs, whose relics
sanctified the city and whose help was sought by pilgrims to their
shrines. C. David Benson analyzes the variety of ways that Rome and
its citizens, both pre-Christian and Christian, are presented in a
range of Middle English poems, from lesser-known, anonymous works
to the poetry of Gower, Chaucer, Langland, and Lydgate. Benson
discusses how these poets conceive of ancient Rome and its
citizens-especially the women of Rome-as well as why this matters
to their works. An insightful and innovative study, Imagined Romes
addresses a crucial lacuna in the scholarship of Rome in the
medieval imaginary and provides fresh perspectives on the work of
four of the most prominent Middle English poets.
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