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Ovid, Antiquarianism, and Political Revival in Novidio Fracco's Sacri Fasti234 views
Author
Brubaker, Evan, Classics - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia0000-0002-2452-0401
Advisors
Miller, John, Classics, University of Virginia
Abstract
Published in 1547, the Sacri Fasti of the Italian poet and priest Ambrogio “Novidio” Fracco is a Latin calendar poem modelled on Ovid’s Fasti and set during Renaissance Rome. Written over a period of thirty years, the poem provides a window into the feasts and religious life of the city, as well as the hardships, concerns, and triumphs of Fracco’s day and age: the 1527 Sack of Rome, the role of Charles V as supreme European hegemon, and the rise of the Farnese family. Beginning with an investigation of the origins of calendrical poetry in the Middle Ages and the Italian Renaissance, I examine how Fracco’s almanac responds to the major political and religious currents of the sixteenth century to create a teleological vision for Rome culminating in the papacy of Pope Paul III (1534-1549).
Degree
PHD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Keywords
Italian Renaissance; Ovid; Classical Reception; Neo-Latin; Sixteenth century religion; Novidio Fracco; Fasti
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Brubaker, Evan. Ovid, Antiquarianism, and Political Revival in Novidio Fracco's Sacri Fasti. University of Virginia, Classics - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, PHD (Doctor of Philosophy), 2023-11-30, https://doi.org/10.18130/tc3t-7k12.