Sheila Bonde

Fortress-Churches of Languedoc

Architecture, Religion and Conflict in the High Middle Ages

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Fortress-Churches of Languedoc traces the changing relationship between military and religious realms as expressed in the architecture of 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 defense. In her study of fortress-churches, Sheila Bonde focuses on three twelfth-century monuments located in southern France - Maguelone, Agde, and Saint-Pons-de-Thomiere, which are among the earliest examples of the type. She provides new surveyed plans of these structures, as well as a reexamination of their documentation, which is here presented both in the original Latin and in new English translations. Fortress-Churches of Languedoc 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 210mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 720g
• ISBN-13: 9780521052023
• ISBN-10: 0521052025
• Artikelnr.: 23363932

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Ecclesiastical fortification in the Middle Ages
2. The larger context: Languedoc in the twelfth century
3. The buildings and the documents: Maguelone, Agde and Saint-Pons-de-Thomières
4. The manning and operation of fortress-churches
5. The architectural context: sources and parallels
Conclusion
Appendixes
Tables
Abbreviations
Notes
Illustration credits
Index.