Magick City: Travellers to Rome from the Middle Ages to 1900, Volume II: The Eighteenth Century

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Ronald Ridley

Magick City

Travellers to Rome from the Middle Ages to 1900, Volume II: The Eighteenth Century

Ronald Ridley

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English

Pallas Athene Publishers
01 October 2023

Anthologies (non-poetry); European history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Classic travel writing

Series: Magick City

The most comprehensive anthology of writings by visitors to the eternal city ever compiled witty, profound and endlessly entertaining.

Drawing on French, Italian, Spanish, English, German, Scandinavian and American sources, Ronald Ridley has compiled a vivid collage-portrait of Rome through the centuries, illustrated with nearly three hundred images. This hardback edition brings together its three volumes in one: The Middles Ages to the Seventeenth Century, The Eighteenth Century and The Nineteenth Century.

How did visitors arrive? Where did they stay? What were their expenses? What did they see of churches, palaces, villas and antiquities? What did they like or dislike of what they saw? What did they think of Rome in all its contemporary facets? What events did they witness? What portraits do they provide of people in Rome at the time of their visit? Excerpts from memoirs by more than two hundred visitors give a myriad fascinating insights and together provide a detailed account of Rome over nearly a millennium.

AUTHOR: Ronald T. Ridley first taught at the University of Sydney, then at the University of Melbourne, retiring in 2005 from a personal chair. His research interests concentrate on Egyptian and Roman history, historiography and archaeology. He is the author of some fifteen books, including a history of Rome, a translation of Zosimus, biographies of Bernardino Drovetti and Carlo Fea, and The Eagle and the Spade (the archæology of Rome 1808-1814). He is a Fellow of the Antiquaries' Society, the Royal Historical Society, the Pontifical Academy of Roman Archaeology, and the Australian Academy of the Humanities. In 2019, he was awarded the Premio Daria Borghese for his Prince of Antiquarians: Francesco de Ficoroni.

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Most comprehensive and wide ranging anthology of writings by visitors to Rome .

Richly illustrated

62 colour, 33 b/w illustrations

By: Ronald Ridley
Imprint: Pallas Athene Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 214mm, Width: 141mm,
Weight: 398g
ISBN: 9781843681397
ISBN 10: 1843681390
Series: Magick City
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 01 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Ronald T. Ridley first taught at the University of Sydney, then at the University of Melbourne, retiring in 2005 from a personal chair. His research interests concentrate on Egyptian and Roman history, historiography and archaeology. He is the author of some fifteen books, including a history of Rome, a translation of Zosimus, biographies of Bernardino Drovetti and Carlo Fea, and The Eagle and the Spade (the archaelogy of Rome 1808-1814). He is a Fellow of the Antiquaries’ Society, the Royal Historical Society, the Pontifical Academy of Roman Archaeology, and the Australian Academy of the Humanities. In 2019, he was awarded the Premio Daria Borghese for his Prince of Antiquarians: Francesco de Ficoroni.