The interpretation and/or reception of local/regional antiquities (of Roman origin or stemming from other antique civilisations or of prehistoric times)
Organisation Frédérique Lemerle (CNRS, CESR-Tours, UMR 7323)
(chair morning session) Introduction
Megaliths, Thunderstones and Urns
Our white ladies on the graves: Megalith culture and fairy belief in early modern antiquarism
11.30 – Nuno Senos (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa)
The Roman temple of Évora: visions of Antiquity in Portugal
Studying Local Antiquities in the Centers of the Kingdom of Naples (15th-16th centuries): Two Case Studies
14.45 – Christian Peters (Münster University)
From Brick to Marble in 10.000 Verses. Reflections of Sigismondo Malatesta’s Architectural Endeavors in Latin Panegyric Poetry
The Arena of Verona as Modell of the Etruscan Style
Rabelais in Quest of an Appropriate Past (Pantagruel, 1532)
9.45 – Frédérique Lemerle (CNRS, CESR-Tours)
The survey of Gallo-Roman antiquities in the 17th century
The role of ancient remains in Sarmatian culture of early modern Poland
11.30 – Kristoffer Neville (University of California Riverside)
History and Architecture in Habsburg Vienna ca. 1700
O felix Agrippina nobilis Romanorum Colonia – the Humanist Reception of he Roman Remains at Cologne in the 16th Century
14.45 – Krista De Jonge (KU Leuven)
Luciliburgensia Romana, Roman Luxemburg and the Creation of an Appropriate Past. Humanist Writings and Material Evidence from the Mansfeld Context
17th-Century theories on Roman fortifications along the Northern limes: between Brittenburg and Xanten
Excursion to Chambord and Blois, organised by Frédérique Lemerle
Centre d’Études Supérieures de la Renaissance
59 rue Néricault-Destouches
37020 Tours
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