Magick City: Travellers to Rome from the Middle Ages to 1900, Volume III: The Nineteenth Century
Author:   Ronald Ridley
Publisher:   Pallas Athene Publishers
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9781843681403


Pages:   378
Publication Date:   05 October 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Ronald Ridley
Publisher:   Pallas Athene Publishers
Imprint:   Pallas Athene Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 14.10cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.40cm
Weight:   0.584kg
ISBN:  

9781843681403


ISBN 10:   1843681404
Pages:   378
Publication Date:   05 October 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

The Nineteenth Century: The First Half 11 Travellers 11 Introduction 18 Basilicas, churches and catacombs 36 Palaces 68 Villas 85 Antiquities 92 Contemporary rome 121 Witnessed events 159 Portraits 190 Source notes 220 The Nineteenth Century: The Second Half 223 Introduction 223 Basilicas, churches and catacombs 234 Palaces 251 Villas 268 Antiquities 278 Contemporary Rome 301 Witnessed events 331 Portraits 343 Postscript 361 List of popes 367 Source notes 365 List of popes 367 List of illustrations 368 Sources 375

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"""Ronald’s detailed and thoroughly enjoyable collection shows how it can take a visitor to appreciate what the residents are so used to they take for granted."" - Camden New Journal/Islington Tribune/West End Extra"


""Ronald’s detailed and thoroughly enjoyable collection shows how it can take a visitor to appreciate what the residents are so used to they take for granted."" - Camden New Journal/Islington Tribune/West End Extra


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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. 

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