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Scott Johnson, a Fellow at the John W. Kluge Center of the Library of Congress, will survey the Greek and Latin geographical tradition during Late Antiquity (c. 200–600 CE), when various genres of travel narrative rose to prominence. Johnson will link this mode of writing to the transition from a pagan/Greco-Roman world to a Christian one as new ways of explaining the known world mixed the classical inheritance with biblical and early Christian history. This mixture was to influence directly the new institution of Christian pilgrimage, while setting a foundation of religious practice for Byzantium, Islam, and the western Middle Ages.
Thursday, June 9
1:00 p.m.
Room LJ-119
Library of Congress
Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C., 20540
Free and open to the public; no tickets are needed. Information: 202-707-3302, scholarly@loc.gov
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