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  • Castles by Morris, Marc
    Marc Morris

    Castles

    Beginning with their introduction in the eleventh century, and ending with their widespread abandonment in the seventeenth, Marc Morris explores many of the country's most famous castles, as well as some spectacular lesser-known examples.At times this is an epic tale, driven by characters like...
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  • The English Cathedral by Marlow, Peter
    Peter Marlow

    The English Cathedral

    Among the most magnificent buildings of England are its Anglican cathedrals, great symbols of spiritual and architectural power. There are few experiences more uplifting and humbling than standing in the nave of a cathedral, and no one can fail to marvel at Durham's incomparable...
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  • Notre-Dame of Amiens: Life of the Gothic Cathedral by Murray, Stephen
    Stephen Murray

    Notre-Dame of Amiens: Life of the Gothic Cathedral

    Notre-Dame of Amiens is one of the great Gothic cathedrals. Its construction began in 1220, and artistic production in the Gothic mode lasted well into the sixteenth century. In this magisterial chronicle, Stephen Murray invites readers to see the cathedral as more than just...
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  • Building the Medieval World by Sciacca, Christine
    Christine Sciacca

    Building the Medieval World

    Some of the great and lasting achievements of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance are the architectural wonders of soaring cathedrals and grand castles and palaces. While many of these edifices survive, many more are lost, and it is within the pages of illuminated...
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  • Medieval Heresy and the Inquisition: How the Vatican Got Away with the Murders of Millions of Innocent People by Turberville, Arthur S.
    Arthur S. Turberville

    Medieval Heresy and the Inquisition: How the Vatican Got Away with the Murders of Millions of Innocent People

    Arthur S. Turberville details the Vatican's doctrine underlying the violent Roman Inquisition, which was used to suppress all opponents to the Roman Catholic Church's well-established religion. This book is not a detailed history of the Inquisition, but rather an excellent survey of literature on...
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  • Exploring Ireland's Castles by Blake, Tarquin
    Tarquin Blake

    Exploring Ireland's Castles

    Whether ruined or opulent, castles have the power to fire the imagination. For almost a millennium, they have studded the Irish countryside. The concept of using building methods to protect territory was introduced from overseas in the twelfth century, when the Irish term caisle...
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  • Architecture of the Islamic West: North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, 700-1800 by Bloom, Jonathan M.
    Jonathan M. Bloom

    Architecture of the Islamic West: North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, 700-1800

    An authoritative survey situating some of the Western world's most renowned buildings within a millennium of Islamic history Some of the most outstanding examples of world architecture, such as the Mosque of C rdoba, the ceiling of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo, the Giralda...
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  • The Mystic Cave: A History of the Nativity Church at Bethlehem by Bacci, Michele
    Michele Bacci

    The Mystic Cave: A History of the Nativity Church at Bethlehem

    The present work is the first monographic book published in English, since 1910, on the history of the Nativity Church in Bethlehem. In comparison to other Holy Land monuments, the latter underwent relatively minor alterations in the course of time: spared from the destructions...
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  • After Dante: Divine, Design, and the Cosmos by Cookson Smith, Peter
    Peter Cookson Smith

    After Dante: Divine, Design, and the Cosmos

    The book focused initially on the philosophical, artistic, and scientific forces that impacted on the humanist of the late Medieval and Renaissance period, profuse in the exchange of ideas and discovery, behind much of which was the impact of Dante's Divine Comedy with a...
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  • Tree of Pearls: The Extraordinary Architectural Patronage of the 13th-Century Egyptian Slave-Queen Shajar Al-Durr by Ruggles, D. Fairchild
    D. Fairchild Ruggles

    Tree of Pearls: The Extraordinary Architectural Patronage of the 13th-Century Egyptian Slave-Queen Shajar Al-Durr

    Shajar al-Durr--known as "Tree of Pearls"--began her remarkable career as a child slave, given as property to the Ayyubid Sultan Salih of Egypt. She became his favorite concubine, was manumitted, became the sultan's wife, served as governing regent, and ultimately rose to become the...
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  • Roman Emperors in Context: Theodosius to Justinian by Croke, Brian
    Brian Croke

    Roman Emperors in Context: Theodosius to Justinian

    Roman Emperors in Context: Theodosius to Justinian brings together ten articles by renowned historian Brian Croke. Written separately and over a period of fifteen years, the revised and updated chapters in this volume provide a coherent and substantial story of the change and development...
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  • The Cloisters: Medieval Art and Architecture, Revised and Updated Edition by Barnet, Peter
    Peter Barnet

    The Cloisters: Medieval Art and Architecture, Revised and Updated Edition

    Home to an extraordinary collection of treasured masterworks, including the famed Unicorn Tapestries, The Cloisters is devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. This splendid new guide, published to celebrate The Cloisters' seventy-fifth anniversary, richly illustrates and describes the most important highlights...
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  • The Alhambra by Irwin, Robert
    Robert Irwin

    The Alhambra

    The Alhambra has long been a byword for melancholy beauty. In his absorbing new book, Robert Irwin, Arabist and novelist, examines its history and allure. The Alhambra is the only Muslim palace to have survived since the Middle Ages. Built by a threatened dynasty...
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  • The Sainte-Chapelle and the Construction of Sacral Monarchy: Royal Architecture in Thirteenth-Century Paris by Cohen, Meredith
    Meredith Cohen

    The Sainte-Chapelle and the Construction of Sacral Monarchy: Royal Architecture in Thirteenth-Century Paris

    This book offers a novel perspective on one of the most important monuments of French Gothic architecture, the Sainte-Chapelle, constructed in Paris by King Louis IX of France between 1239 and 1248 especially to hold and to celebrate Christ's Crown of Thorns. Meredith Cohen...
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  • Middle Ages: A Captivating Guide to the Dark Ages and Black Death by History, Captivating
    Captivating History

    Middle Ages: A Captivating Guide to the Dark Ages and Black Death

    If you want to discover the captivating history of the Middle Ages, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: The Dark Ages: A Captivating Guide to the Period Between the Fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance The Black Death: A Captivating...
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  • The Middle Ages: A Captivating Guide to the History of Europe, Starting from the Fall of the Western Roman Empire Through the Black Dea by History, Captivating
    Captivating History

    The Middle Ages: A Captivating Guide to the History of Europe, Starting from the Fall of the Western Roman Empire Through the Black Dea

    If you want to discover the captivating history of the Middle Ages, then keep reading...One of the least understood periods of European history occurred between the 6th century and the 14th or 15th century (depending on which historian you ask). Commonly called the Middle...
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  • Power and Protection: Castles and Fortified Manor Houses of Medieval Britain - Volume 4 - Wales by Endres, Günter
    G?ter Endres

    Power and Protection: Castles and Fortified Manor Houses of Medieval Britain - Volume 4 - Wales

    The unexpected sight of a stark ruin, perhaps a once formidable fortress clinging to a high summit or a crenellated residence with fading remnants of former affluence, always evokes a mix of strong emotions. It might generate a thirst for a deeper understanding of...
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  • The Middle Ages: A Captivating Guide to the History of Europe, Starting from the Fall of the Western Roman Empire Through the Black Dea by History, Captivating
    Captivating History

    The Middle Ages: A Captivating Guide to the History of Europe, Starting from the Fall of the Western Roman Empire Through the Black Dea

    If you want to discover the captivating history of the Middle Ages, then keep reading...One of the least understood periods of European history occurred between the 6th century and the 14th or 15th century (depending on which historian you ask). Commonly called the Middle...
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  • Power and Protection: Castles and Fortified Manor Houses of Medieval Britain - Volume 1 - Northern England by Endres, Günter
    G?ter Endres

    Power and Protection: Castles and Fortified Manor Houses of Medieval Britain - Volume 1 - Northern England

    The unexpected sight of a stark ruin, perhaps a once formidable fortress clinging to a high summit or a crenellated residence with fading remnants of former affluence, always evokes a mix of strong emotions. It might generate a thirst for a deeper understanding of...
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  • England's Marvelous Gothic Cathedrals and Churches by Moore, Richard
    Richard Moore

    England's Marvelous Gothic Cathedrals and Churches

    This substantive, easy-to-use guide to selected English gothic cathedrals and churches provides profiles of thirteen important religious buildings, including eleven cathedrals, one abbey, and one chapel. The most well-known are Canterbury Cathedral, Kings College Chapel, Salisbury Cathedral, York Minster, and Westminster Abbey. They are...
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  • Warrior Treasure: The Staffordshire Hoard in Anglo-Saxon England by Fern, Chris
    Chris Fern

    Warrior Treasure: The Staffordshire Hoard in Anglo-Saxon England

    The Staffordshire Hoard is one of the great discoveries of British archaeology, an unparalleled treasure of the early Anglo-Saxon period. Chanced upon in summer 2009, in an ordinary field north of Birmingham, its hundreds of objects of the 6th to 7th centuries AD amount...
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  • The Bishop's Palace: Architecture and Authority in Medieval Italy by Miller, Maureen C.
    Maureen C. Miller

    The Bishop's Palace: Architecture and Authority in Medieval Italy

    This lavishly illustrated book looks at the art and architecture of episcopal palaces as expressions of power and ideology. Tracing the history of the bishop's residence in the urban centers of northern Italy over the Middle Ages, Maureen C. Miller asks why this once...
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  • Abstraction in Medieval Art: Beyond the Ornament by Gertsman, Elina
    Elina Gertsman

    Abstraction in Medieval Art: Beyond the Ornament

    Abstraction haunts medieval art, both withdrawing figuration and suggesting elusive presence. How does it make or destroy meaning in the process? Does it suggest the failure of figuration, the faltering of iconography? Does medieval abstraction function because it is imperfect, incomplete, and uncorrected-and therefore...
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  • Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry
    Henry Adams

    Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres

    Using architecture, sculpture, culture and history, Adams humanizes the medieval period and provides valuable insight on religious philosophy. Mont-Saint Michel and Chartes provides a background and description of the construction of two French landmarks built in the 11th century. The Mont-Saint Michel cathedral was...
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  • Notre-Dame de Paris: A Captivating Guide to One of the Most Famous Catholic Cathedrals of Medieval Europe by History, Captivating
    Captivating History

    Notre-Dame de Paris: A Captivating Guide to One of the Most Famous Catholic Cathedrals of Medieval Europe

    If you want to discover the captivating history of Notre-Dame de Paris, then keep reading...It was with horror and sadness that the people of the world opened their social media or switched on their televisions on April 15th, 2019, only to see terrifying pictures...
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  • Bayana: The Sources of Mughal Architecture by Shokoohy, Mehrdad
    Mehrdad Shokoohy

    Bayana: The Sources of Mughal Architecture

    Bayana in Rajasthan, and its monuments, challenge the perceived but established view of the development of Muslim architecture and urban form in India. At the end of the twelfth century, early conquerors took the mighty Hindu fort, building the first Muslim city below on...
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  • The Medieval Mediterranean City: Urban Life and Design Before European Hegemony, 1250-1380 by Ratté, Felicity
    Felicity Ratté

    The Medieval Mediterranean City: Urban Life and Design Before European Hegemony, 1250-1380

    This book is a study of architecture and urban design across the Mediterranean Sea from the 12th to the 14th Century, a time when there was no single, hegemonic power dominating the area. The focus of the study--four cities on the Italian peninsula, and...
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  • Power and Protection: Castles and Fortified Manor Houses of Medieval Britain - Volume 2 - Southern England by Endres, Günter
    G?ter Endres

    Power and Protection: Castles and Fortified Manor Houses of Medieval Britain - Volume 2 - Southern England

    The unexpected sight of a stark ruin, perhaps a once formidable fortress clinging to a high summit or a crenellated residence with fading remnants of former affluence, always evokes a mix of strong emotions. It might generate a thirst for a deeper understanding of...
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  • Notre Dame Cathedral: Nine Centuries of History by Sandron, Dany
    Dany Sandron

    Notre Dame Cathedral: Nine Centuries of History

    Since its construction, Notre Dame Cathedral has played a central role in French cultural identity. In the wake of the tragic fire of 2019, questions of how to restore the fabric of this quintessential French monument are once more at the forefront. This all-too-prescient...
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  • Notre-Dame de Paris: A Captivating Guide to One of the Most Famous Catholic Cathedrals of Medieval Europe by History, Captivating
    Captivating History

    Notre-Dame de Paris: A Captivating Guide to One of the Most Famous Catholic Cathedrals of Medieval Europe

    If you want to discover the captivating history of Notre-Dame de Paris, then keep reading...It was with horror and sadness that the people of the world opened their social media or switched on their televisions on April 15th, 2019, only to see terrifying pictures...
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  • Rosslyn Chapel Decoded: New Interpretations of a Gothic Enigma by Butler, Alan
    Alan Butler

    Rosslyn Chapel Decoded: New Interpretations of a Gothic Enigma

    Rosslyn Chapel is a deeply enigmatic 15th-century Gothic masterpiece, situated near Edinburgh. Although generally referred to as a 'chapel' and acting as a local parish church these days, Rosslyn is actually much more than either - and in fact most people who have studied...
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  • Power and Protection: Castles and Fortified Manor Houses of Medieval Britain - Volume 3 - Central England by Endres, Günter
    G?ter Endres

    Power and Protection: Castles and Fortified Manor Houses of Medieval Britain - Volume 3 - Central England

    The unexpected sight of a stark ruin, perhaps a once formidable fortress clinging to a high summit or a crenellated residence with fading remnants of former affluence, always evokes a mix of strong emotions. It might generate a thirst for a deeper understanding of...
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  • Romanesque Sculpture: The Revival of Monumental Stone Sculpture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries by Hearn, Millard F.
    Millard F. Hearn

    Romanesque Sculpture: The Revival of Monumental Stone Sculpture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries

    Author: Millard F. HearnISBN-10: 0801493048ISBN-13: 9780801493041Publisher: Cornell University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/1985Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.32lbsSize: 10.90h x 8.20w x 0.60d
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  • The Architecture of the Christian Holy Land: Reception from Late Antiquity Through the Renaissance by Moore, Kathryn Blair
    Kathryn Blair Moore

    The Architecture of the Christian Holy Land

    In the absence of the bodies of Christ and Mary, architecture took on a special representational role during the Christian Middle Ages, marking out sites associated with the bodily presence of the dominant figures of the religion. Throughout this period, buildings were reinterpreted in...
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  • Ely: The Hidden History by Barrowclough, David
    David Barrowclough

    Ely: The Hidden History

    The Norman Cathedral is a masterpiece of medieval architecture sitting proudly on the Isle of Ely, but there is more to this city, once home to Oliver Cromwell. The authors trace the origins of life in Ely and the surrounding villages. Using vivid illustrations...
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  • Islamic Palace Architecture in the Western Mediterranean: A History by Arnold, Felix
    Felix Arnold

    Islamic Palace Architecture in the Western Mediterranean: A History

    Palaces like the Aljafer�a and the Alhambra rank among the highest achievements of the Islamic world. In recent years archaeological work at C�rdoba, Kairouan and many other sites has vastly increased our knowledge about the origin and development of Islamic palatial architecture, particularly in...
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  • Renaissance Gothic: Architecture and the Arts in Northern Europe, 1470-1540 by Kavaler, Ethan Matt
    Ethan Matt Kavaler

    Renaissance Gothic: Architecture and the Arts in Northern Europe, 1470-1540

    This compelling book offers a new paradigm for the periodization of the arts, one that counters a prevailing Italianate bias among historians of northern Europe of this era. The years after 1500 brought the construction of several iconic Late Gothic monuments, including the transept...
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  • Hagia Sophia: Sound, Space, and Spirit in Byzantium by Pentcheva, Bissera V.
    Bissera V. Pentcheva

    Hagia Sophia: Sound, Space, and Spirit in Byzantium

    Experiencing the resonant acoustics of the church of Hagia Sophia allowed the Byzantine participants in its liturgical rituals to be filled with the Spirit of God, and even to become his image on earth. Bissera Pentcheva's vibrant analysis examines how these sung rites combined...
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