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1 online resource (258 pages)
ISBN:
9781861897541
Content:
In City and Cosmos, Keith D. Lilley argues that the medieval mind considered the city truly a microcosm: much more than a collection of houses, a city also represented a scaled-down version of the very order and organization of the cosmos. Drawing upon a.
Content:
CITY AND COSMOS Cover -- Imprint page -- Contents -- Introduction THE CITY-COSMOS IDEAL -- PART I: CITY-COSMOS IMAGINED -- 1: URBAN MAPPINGS -- 2: URBAN FORMS -- PART II: CITY-COSMOS BUILT -- 3: FOUNDING A CITY, FOUNDING A WORLD -- 4: MEASURES OF MEANING -- PART III: CITY-COSMOS LIVED -- 5: MORAL TOPOGRAPHIES -- 6: PERFORMING BODIES -- Epilogue: CITIES OF GOD? -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index.
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CITY AND COSMOS Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction THE CITY-COSMOS IDEAL; PART I: CITY-COSMOS IMAGINED; 1: URBAN MAPPINGS; 2: URBAN FORMS; PART II: CITY-COSMOS BUILT; 3: FOUNDING A CITY, FOUNDING A WORLD; 4: MEASURES OF MEANING; PART III: CITY-COSMOS LIVED; 5: MORAL TOPOGRAPHIES; 6: PERFORMING BODIES; Epilogue: CITIES OF GOD?; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781861894410
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781861894410
Language:
English
Keywords:
Mittelalter
;
Stadt
;
Alltag
;
Religiosität
;
Weltall
;
Makrokosmos
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=618762
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