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The art of medieval urbanism : Parthenay in Romanesque Aquitaine /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maxwell, Robert A. (Robert Allan), 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Church buildings > France > Parthenay.
City planning > France > Parthenay.
Architecture, Romanesque > France > Parthenay.
Sculpture, Romanesque > France > Parthenay.
Parthenay (France) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Parthenay and the landscape of Romanesque Aquitaine
  • From Castrum to Oppidum : constructing a domain
  • Style and the politics of urbanization
  • Constructing an urban identity
  • Constructing history : family romance and urban legends
  • From Castrum to Signum : an iconography of urbanism
  • The end of an era?
  • Epilogue. Urban orientations
  • Appendix A. Foundation charter of St-Paul (ca. 1070-1075)
  • Appendix B. Foundation charter of St-Pierre (1092)
  • Appendix C. Donation charter of St-Pierre (1119).