Main entry:

Rollason, D. W. (David W.), author.

Title & Author:

The Power of Place : Rulers and Their Palaces, Landscapes, Cities, and Holy Places / David Rollason.

Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
©2016

Description:

xxi, 458 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-448) and index.
Introduction -- Part I. Palaces -- The Power of Design -- The Power of Architectural Style and Decoration -- Part II. Landscapes -- Gardens, Parks, and Power -- The Power of Forests and the Hunt -- Part III. Cities -- Cities, Planning, and Power -- Triumphs and Entries : the City as Stage-Set -- Part IV. Holy Places -- Power, Place, and Relics -- Churches, Mosques, and Power -- Part V. Inauguration-Places and Burial-Places -- The Inauguration of Rulers : Places and Rituals -- Death and Power : The Burial-Places of Rulers -- Conclusion -- Research and Reading.

Summary:

"The Power of Place explores the nature of power--the power of kings, emperors, and popes--through the places that these rulers created or developed, including palaces, cities, landscapes, holy places, inauguration sites, and burial places. Ranging across all of Europe from the first to the sixteenth centuries--from Prague and Seville to Palermo and the Oslo Fjord--David Rollason examines how these places conveyed messages of power and what those messages were. Rollason draws on the latest research in a range of disciplines--principally archaeology, and the histories of art, architecture, and landscape, as well as historical and literary studies--to investigate what the power of rulers consisted of. Was their power based on impersonal bureaucratic mechanisms, on personal relationships between rulers and subjects, or on strong beliefs in the quasi-divine status of rulers? How did impressive edifices support and emphasize these practices of power? Rollason takes readers to spectacular sites, including the remarkable remains of the tenth-century city of Madinat al-Zahra near Cordoba, the remarkably preserved palace-church of the emperor Charlemagne in Aachen, and the soaring shrine-church of the Saint-Chapelle of King Louis IX. Giving readers the tools to analyze rulers' palaces, landscapes, cities, and holy places, The Power of Place offers a fascinating perspective on the development of power throughout history"-- Provided by publisher.

Resources:
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ISBN:

9780691167626 (hardback)
0691167621 (hardcover)

Subject:

Europa
Palaces Europe History.
Landscapes Europe History.
Cities and towns Europe History.
Sacred space Europe History.
Historic sites Europe.
Architecture and state Europe History.
Power (Social sciences) Europe History.
Palais Europe Histoire.
Paysages Europe Histoire.
Villes Europe Histoire.
Lieux sacrés Europe Histoire.
Lieux historiques Europe.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Europe Histoire.
HISTORY Europe General.
ARCHITECTURE History General.
HISTORY Ancient General.
Architecture and state.
Cities and towns.
Historic sites.
Kings and rulers Homes and haunts.
Landscapes.
Palaces.
Politics and government.
Power (Social sciences)
Sacred space.
Herrscher
Landschaftsarchitektur
Macht
Palast
Platz
Städtebau
Repräsentation
Landscape Europe History.
Holy places Europe History.
Europe Kings and rulers Homes and haunts.
Europe History, Local.
Europe Politics and government.
Europe Histoire locale.
Europe Politique et gouvernement.
Europe.

Form/genre:

History.
Local history.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294791
Call No.: BIB 240658
Status: Available