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| Titre : | Fortress-Churches of Languedoc: Architecture, Religion and Conflict in the High Middle Ages |
| Auteurs : | Sheila Bonde |
| Type de document : | document électronique |
| Editeur : | [S.l.] : Cambridge University Press, 2008 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-521-05202-3 |
| Index. décimale : | 720 (Architecture) |
| Résumé : |
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. ** |
