Fortress-Churches of Languedoc: Architecture, Religion and Conflict in the High Middle Ages - Couverture souple

Bonde, Sheila

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521052025 ISBN 13 : 9780521052023

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Traces the relationship between religious and military realms in medieval Europe by examining fortress-churches.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Fortress-Churches of Languedoc traces the changing relationship between military and religious realms as expressed in architecture across medieval Europe. The scholarship of medieval architecture has traditionally imposed a division between military and ecclesiastical structures. Often, however, medieval churches were provided with fortified enclosures, crenellations, iron-barred doors and other elements of defence, demonstrating the strong link between Church and state, and the military and religious realms. In her study of fortress-churches, Sheila Bonde focuses on three twelfth-century monuments in southern France - Maguelone, Agde and Saint-Pon-de-Thomière, which are among the earliest examples of the type. She analyses her archaeological surveys of these structures, and also re-examines their documentation, which is here presented both in the original Latin and in English translations. The book also explores the larger context of fortification and authority in twelfth-century Languedoc and examines the dynamics of architectural exchange and innovation in the Mediterranean at a moment of critical historical importance.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521052025
• ISBN 13: 9780521052023
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 292
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible