Décrire une ville pour affirmer une identité

The religious character of Rome at the turn of the 4th and 5th centuries reveals an evolving face: new elements, related to the legitimacy acquired by Christianity, insert themselves into a traditional background marked by a certain continuity. This phenomenon, carved in stone, is expressed through...

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Main Author: Vincent Mahieu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Anthropologie et Histoire des Mondes Antiques 2016-04-01
Series:Cahiers Mondes Anciens
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/mondesanciens/1644
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description The religious character of Rome at the turn of the 4th and 5th centuries reveals an evolving face: new elements, related to the legitimacy acquired by Christianity, insert themselves into a traditional background marked by a certain continuity. This phenomenon, carved in stone, is expressed through language: through its various dimensions, including religion, the Vrbs is an object of discourse, sometimes not in tune with its material reality. With the support of conceptual tools drawn from social sciences, the present paper aims at analyzing how authors of that period (Rutilius Namatianus, Claudian, Prudentius, etc.) organize their discourse, according to their position. A mix of continuity and novelties, based on a spirit of consensus, direct confrontation or subtle alternatives, these discursive representations of space are involved in constructing identity and are, as such, key issues.
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Décrire une ville pour affirmer une identité
Cahiers Mondes Anciens
late antique Rome
religious topography
church
temple
representation
discourse
title Décrire une ville pour affirmer une identité
title_full Décrire une ville pour affirmer une identité
title_fullStr Décrire une ville pour affirmer une identité
title_full_unstemmed Décrire une ville pour affirmer une identité
title_short Décrire une ville pour affirmer une identité
title_sort decrire une ville pour affirmer une identite
topic late antique Rome
religious topography
church
temple
representation
discourse
url https://journals.openedition.org/mondesanciens/1644
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