(Ebook) The Reception of Vergil in Renaissance Rome by Jeffrey A. Glodzik ISBN 9789004519756, 9789004528420, 9004519750, 9004528423, 2022043617

(Ebook) The Reception of Vergil in Renaissance Rome by Jeffrey A. Glodzik ISBN 9789004519756, 9789004528420, 9004519750, 9004528423, 2022043617

In this work Jeffrey Glodzik argues that Vergil played a central role in the prevailing discourse of Renaissance Rome. Roman humanists associated with the papacy employed the language of Vergil to express a vision for Rome and its divinely-ordained destiny.Using the transformation methodology allelopoiesis, he shows that in their neo-Latin works Roman humanists focused on a Christian interpretation of the fourth eclogue to highlight an incipient Golden Age, ignored pessimistic readings of the Aeneid to emphasize the glories of a renewed imperium, and encapsulated Vergil’s words to celebrate papal Rome’s unquestionable destiny. Ultimately, Glodzik demonstrates that the interpretation and application of Vergil were not uniform throughout Europe; Vergil was instead shaped to fit the concerns of papal Rome.