Bonde, Sheila, author.

Fortress-churches of Languedoc : architecture, religion, and conflict in the High Middle Ages / Sheila Bonde.

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

xv, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Fortress-Churches of Languedoc traces the changing relationship between military and religious realms as expressed in the architecture of 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 defense. In her study of fortress-churches, Sheila Bonde focuses on three twelfth-century monuments located in southern France - Maguelone, Agde, and Saint-Pons-de-Thomiere, which are among the earliest examples of the type. She provides new surveyed plans of these structures, as well as a reexamination of their documentation, which is here presented both in the original Latin and in new English translations. Fortress-Churches of Languedoc 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.

0521450845 (hardback)
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Languedoc
Fortress-churches France Languedoc.
Church architecture France Languedoc.
Christian heresies France Languedoc History Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Architecture, Gothic France Languedoc.
Church history Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Albigenses.
Architecture chrétienne France Languedoc.
Hérésies chrétiennes France Languedoc Histoire 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Architecture gothique France Languedoc.
Église Histoire 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Architecture, Gothic
Christian heresies Middle Ages
Church architecture
Church history Middle Ages
Fortress-churches
Wehrkirche
Kerkgebouwen.
Vestingwerken.
Architecture religieuse France Languedoc (France)
Architecture gothique France Languedoc (France)
Églises fortifiées France Languedoc (France)
France Languedoc
Languedoc (France) Churches.
Churches Architecture
Languedoc-Roussillon (France)
Architecture.

History

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 105383
Cote: ID NA5549.L35.B66; ID:94-B2192
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