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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463276703321

Autore

Blits Jan H

Titolo

Telling, turning moments in the classical political world [[electronic resource] /] / Jan H. Blits

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2011

ISBN

1-283-61423-5

0-7391-6451-1

9786613926685

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Disciplina

938

Soggetti

Political culture - Greece - History - To 1500

Political culture - Rome - History

Social change - Greece - History - To 1500

Social change - Rome - History

Electronic books.

Greece Politics and government To 146 B.C

Rome Politics and government

Greece Politics and government To 146 B.C Historiography

Rome Politics and government Historiography

Greece Politics and government To 146 B.C Sources

Rome Politics and government Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Athens and Rome : Plutarch's Theseus and Romulus -- Redeeming lost honor : Shakespeare's Rape of Lucrece -- The end of the noble -- No middle way, no second way : Rome and the Caudine Forks -- The politics of authority and rhetoric in republican Rome -- Political murder in Rome -- Power without office, office without power : Augustus's Principate -- Afterword: Greece versus Rome -- Appendix: Greece and Rome timeline.

Sommario/riassunto

Turning, Telling Moments in the Classical Political World examines developments in the classical political world which are both turning and telling moments. All the moments-from Theseus's founding of Athens



to Augustus's establishment of the Principate-possess the double character of being turning points and revealing fundamental aspects of the ancient political world. By examining ancient histories as works of reflection rather than works of research, Blits reveals the way ancient historians understand_and intend us to understand_the ancient world.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821448503321

Autore

Lopez-Portillo Jose-Juan

Titolo

"Another Jerusalem" : political legitimacy and courtly government in the Kingdom of New Spain (1535-1568) / / by José-Juan López-Portillo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

90-04-34145-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps

Collana

Atlantic World : Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1500-1830, , 1570-0542 ; ; Volume 35

Disciplina

972.02

Soggetti

Mexico Politics and government 1540-1810

Mexico History Spanish colony, 1540-1810

Mexico Politics and government 16th century

Mexico History 16th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- New Spain’s Original Sin -- Chapter 1: Tlatocayotl and Hidalguía: Ideals of Life before the Conquest -- Chapter 2: Original Sin -- Courtly Government -- Chapter 3: Viceroys and Magnates -- Chapter 4: Republic of Spaniards -- Chapter 5: Republic of Indios -- ‘Another Jerusalem’ -- Chapter 6: Political Ideals -- Chapter 7: Constructing New Spain -- Epilogue: Cui bono?.

Sommario/riassunto

In ‘Another Jerusalem’: Political Legitimacy and Courtly Government in the Kingdom of New Spain (1535-1568) José-Juan López-Portillo offers a new approach to understanding why the most densely populated and culturally sophisticated regions of Mesoamerica accepted the authority of Spanish viceroys. By focusing on the routines and practices of quotidian political life in New Spain, and the ideological affinities that



bound indigenous and non-indigenous political communities to the viceregal regime, López Portillo discloses the formation of new loyalties, interests and identities particular to New Spain. Rather than the traditional view of European colonial domination over a demoralized indigenous population, New Spain now appears as Mexico City’s sub-empire: an aggregate of the Habsburg ‘composite monarchy’. "Embellished with wonderful illustrations, this work draws upon extensive secondary and primary sources. Scholars studying Spain's America will find it a thoughtful addition to historical literature on 16th-century New Spain." M. A. Burkholder, University of Missouri - St. Louis , CHOICE, July 2018 Vol. 55 No. 11