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The origins of medieval architecture : building in Europe, A.D 600-900 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McClendon, Charles B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Architecture, Medieval > Europe.
Architecture, Early Christian.
Architecture, Carolingian.
Church architecture > Europe.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • The "Dark Ages"
  • The legacy of late antiquity
  • The Roman response to the cult of relics
  • Romanitas and the barbarian West
  • The Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England
  • The Carolingian era
  • Symbols of the new alliance
  • Aachen and Rome: the poles of an empire
  • Private patronage and personal taste
  • The monastic realm: ideal and reality
  • The innovations of later Carolingian architecture
  • Epilogue. the architectural contribution of the early middle ages.