UID:
almahu_9949707967602882
Format:
1 online resource (214 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781802700763
Series Statement:
Places and Spaces, Medieval to Modern - ARC Series
Content:
Exploring architectural remnants of the past--from castles and cathedrals to village churches--and the work of writers, illuminators, and craftspeople, this volume demonstrates the pervasive nature of architecture as a category of medieval thought.
Note:
Front Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Architectural Representation in Medieval Textual and Material Culture -- Architectural Representation: Sources and Approaches -- The Volume -- Chapter 1. Designing the Regensburg Spire and Harburg Tabernacle -- Chapter 2. Wilfrid's Restoration of the Church at York and the Permanence of Sacred Buildings in Post-Conversion Northumbria -- The Cleansing of the Church of York -- The Conversion of Sacred Structures -- The Threat of Impermanence in the Early Northumbrian Church -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Heaven-Roofs and Holy Altars: Envisioning a Seventh-Century English Church in Aldhelm's Carmina Ecclesiastica 3 -- Chapter 4. "Beaten Down and Built Anew": Saint Erkenwald and Old St. Paul's -- Saint Erkenwald in its Architectural Setting -- Transcending the Cathedral -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Castle Viewscapes in Literature and Landscapes -- Introduction -- Cultural Landscape Approach to the Study of Castles -- Trim Historical Overview -- Projective Views from Trim Castle -- Digital Record of Trim -- Castle Viewscapes in Medieval Literature -- Castles in Romances -- Castles in Moral and Religious Allegory -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Architectural Alignment in Early Medieval English Settlements -- Yeavering: A Royal Vill in Northumbria (Present-Day Northumberland) -- Cowdery's Down: A High-Status Settlement in Wessex (Present-Day Hampshire) -- Cowage Farm: A High-Status Settlement In Wessex (Present-Day Wiltshire) -- Chalton: A Village in Wessex (Present-Day Hampshire) -- Drayton/Sutton Courtenay: A Possible Royal Centre in Wessex (Present-Day Oxfordshire) -- Sprouston: A Royal Vill in Northumbria (Present-Day Scottish Borders) -- Conclusions -- Chapter 7. Underneath the Arches.
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Introduction: Sicilian Palimpsests -- The Poet and his Work -- Representing Sicilian Cities -- Time and Space, Order and Architecture -- Chapter 8. Reading the Saint's Church -- Continuities with the Institutional Allegorical Tradition -- Differences from the Institutional Allegorical Tradition -- Vernacular Saints' Lives and Church Allegory in London, British Library, Additional MS 35298 -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Manuscripts -- Online Resources -- Secondary Sources -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Bailey, Hannah M. Architectural Representation in Medieval Textual and Material Culture Amsterdam : Arc Humanities Press,c2023 ISBN 9781802700008
Language:
English
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