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Hendrik W. Dey (Hunter College, City University of New York)

The Afterlife of the Roman City

Architecture and Ceremony in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

Hendrik W. Dey (Hunter College, City University of New York)

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English
Cambridge University Press
06 September 2018
History of art: ancient & classical art; History of architecture; Classical history & classical civilisation; Medieval history; Medieval European archaeology
This book offers a new and surprising perspective on the evolution of cities across the Roman Empire in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages (third to ninth centuries AD). It suggests that the tenacious persistence of leading cities across most of the Roman world is due, far more than previously thought, to the persistent inclination of kings, emperors, caliphs, bishops, and their leading subordinates to manifest the glory of their offices on an urban stage, before crowds of city dwellers. Long after the dissolution of the Roman Empire in the fifth century, these communal leaders continued to maintain and embellish monumental architectural corridors established in late antiquity, the narrow but grandiose urban itineraries, essentially processional ways, in which their parades and solemn public appearances consistently unfolded. Hendrik W. Dey's approach selectively integrates urban topography with the actors who unceasingly strove to animate it for many centuries.
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Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 255mm,  Width: 180mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   640g
ISBN:   9781107686335
ISBN 10:   1107686334
Pages:   315
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Hendrik W. Dey is Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Hunter College, City University of New York. Previously he held a two-year Rome Prize fellowship at the American Academy in Rome and an Andrew W. Mellon postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts of the National Gallery in Washington, DC. He is the author of The Aurelian Wall and the Refashioning of Imperial Rome, AD 271–855 (Cambridge, 2011) and the co-editor, with Elizabeth Fentress, of Western Monasticism ante litteram: The Spaces of Monastic Observance in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (2011). He has written articles and book chapters for the Journal of Roman Archaeology, the Journal of Late Antiquity, Early Medieval Europe, Antiquité Tardive, The Cambridge History of Western Monasticism, Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum, and Storia dell'architettura in Italia da Costantino a Carlo Magno, among others.

Reviews for The Afterlife of the Roman City: Architecture and Ceremony in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

'This is an outstanding work of scholarship that follows a bright and lustrous thread of urban life - the celebration of rulership - with some remarkably fresh insights. ... Written in a style that is clear, animated and enjoyable, his argument is everywhere brought to life with the archaeology of city spaces and with literary and documentary sources that describe the processional habit. Finally, the rich variety of cities and communities surveyed across five centuries makes this a fascinating and lasting contribution to scholarship in a range of fields: urban archaeology and architecture, political and religious history, and the cultural history of late-antique and early-medieval cities.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'This well-written yet nuanced and critical study makes an important contribution to this debate and to the integration of small finds into the wider narrative.' Lucy Grig, Antiquity


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