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Chapter 2 - Syncretism

from Part I - “Civis Romanus Sum”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2024

Lindsey N. Chappell
Affiliation:
Georgia Southern University
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Chapter 2 argues that syncretism, a form of eclectic union, is temporal as well as spatial. As a temporal form, syncretism consolidates historical events, daily individual experiences, and social practices onto a shared plane. This chapter analyzes syncretism in Risorgimento Florence, examining how the city adapts to serve modern Italy while maintaining its historical significance. I read Florence through the travel narratives of Susan Horner, two guidebooks (Walks in Florence, which Horner coauthored with her sister Joanna; and Mornings in Florence by John Ruskin), and a forgotten novel (Isolina, which I attribute to Susan Horner). Across these genres, syncretism emerges as a temporal form capable of defining liberty democratically so that Florence potentially serves as a model of egalitarianism internationally in response to nineteenth-century revolutions and wars.

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Temporal Forms and the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean
Writing British Heritage in Ancient Lands
, pp. 66 - 94
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Syncretism
  • Lindsey N. Chappell, Georgia Southern University
  • Book: Temporal Forms and the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean
  • Online publication: 09 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009469791.004
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  • Lindsey N. Chappell, Georgia Southern University
  • Book: Temporal Forms and the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean
  • Online publication: 09 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009469791.004
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  • Syncretism
  • Lindsey N. Chappell, Georgia Southern University
  • Book: Temporal Forms and the Nineteenth-Century Mediterranean
  • Online publication: 09 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009469791.004
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