Designs Upon the Land: Elite Landscapes of the Middle Ages - Couverture souple

Creighton, Professor Oliver

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1843838257 ISBN 13 : 9781843838258

Editeur : The Boydell Press, 2013

Synopsis

A wide-ranging and accessibly written account of designed medieval landscapes.

The phrase "designed landscape" is generally associated with the great parks and gardens of the post-medieval period, with grand country houses surrounded by parkland, such as Chatsworth and Longleat. However, recent research hasmade it clear that its origins lie much further back than that, in the middle ages, and numerous examples have been identified. This book offers the first full-length survey of designed medieval landscapes, not just the settings for castles, but for palaces, manor houses and monastic institutions. Gardens and pleasure grounds gave their owners sensory enjoyment; lakes, ponds and walkways created routes of approach that displayed residences to best effect;deer parks were stunning backdrops and venues for aristocratic enjoyment; and peacocks, swans, rabbits and doves were some of the many species which lent these landscapes their elite appearance. Richly illustrated with plans, maps, and photographs of key sites showing what can still be seen today.

Oliver H. Creighton is Associate Professor in Archaeology, University of Exeter .

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

A thought-provoking and timely overview of medieval elite landscapes. (...) This volume offers the first attempt to pull together a great deal of detailed research in an interpretative analysis with many plans and illustrations. --English Historical Review

An admirable scholarly work with an easy command of a wide range of literature. ... (This) study ultimately succeeds in making us recognise that medieval elite landscapes were planned by people living and working within a complex and sophisticated culture which embraced and celebrated relationships to nature and environment that were very different to our own. --Environment & History

Rescues the study of castles from their purely militaristic contexts and re-establishes them as places that are as much about poetry, art and the intellect as they are about the clash of swords. --Current Archaeology

Biographie de l'auteur

Oliver H. Creighton is Associate Professor in Archaeology, University of Exeter.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Boydell Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1843838257
• ISBN 13: 9781843838258
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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