Recreating Ancient History: Episodes from the Greek and Roman Past in the Arts and Literature of the Early Modern Period / / edited by Karl A. E. Enenkel, Jan de Jong, Jeanine De Landtsheer.

• Superior document: Intersections ; 1
• TeilnehmendeR: Enenkel, Karl A. E.,; Jong, Jan de,; Landtsheer, Jeanine De,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2001.
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Intersections ; 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This volume deals with the question: how did scholars and artists in the early modern period represent, or rather, recreate (Greek and Roman) history? It appears that ancient history was not just studied so as to reconstruct the past, it was used as a way of understanding and legitimizing the presen...