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"Buildings and Landmarks of Medieval Europe presents a unique collection of 45 buildings, landmarks, archaeological sites, and illuminated manuscript paintings that survey medieval life, art, architecture, culture, and technology"--
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Greenwood,
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| Publisher Address: | Santa Barbara, California : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Buildings and Landmarks of Medieval Europe presents a unique collection of 45 buildings, landmarks, archaeological sites, and illuminated manuscript paintings that survey medieval life, art, architecture, culture, and technology"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xxxii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-331) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781440841811 (hardback) : 1440841810 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | NA350 |
| CLC: | TU-095 |
| Call Number: | TU-095/T877 |
| Contents: | Preface -- Introduction -- How to evaluate buildings and structures -- Chronology -- Civic architecture. Doge's Palace ; Durham Exchequer Building ; Piazza del Campo ; Ponte Vecchio ; Thingvellir Plain and Logberg -- Commercial and craft architecture. Hospital of the Knights of St. John on Rhodes ; Medieval Port Crane ; Ripon Cathedral Lime Kiln ; St. Mary's Guildhall ; The Shambles ; Smithy, Manuscript image ; Sugar Mill ; Tailor's workshop, Manuscript image -- Domestic architecture. Bayleaf Farmstead ; Norman House ; Peasant Longhouses of Wharram Percy ; Reredorter at Rievaulx Abbey -- Fortifications. Alhambra ; City walls of Ávila ; Eilean Donan Castle ; Fyrkat Ring Fort ; Harlech Castle ; Krak des Chevaliers ; Rock of Cashel ; Tintagel Castle ; Tower homes of San Gimignano ; Wartburg Castle -- Religious and funerary architecture. Baptistery of St. Jean ; Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi ; Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela ; Chartres Cathedral ; Gamla Uppsala Burial Mounds ; Hagia Sophia ; Iona Abbey ; Leaning Tower of Pisa ; Mausoleum of Theodoric the Great ; The Mosque of Córdoba ; Old-New Synagogue ; Oseberghaugen Ship Burial ; Pirita Convent Church ; Poblet Monastery ; St. Mary of the Mongols Greek Orthodox Church ; Speyer Cathedral ; Tomb of St. Catherine of Siena ; Urnes Stave Church -- Glossary of architectural terms. |