The Carolingian Debate Over Sacred Space 2012 Edition Contributor(s): Collins, S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349433853 ISBN-13: 9781349433858 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French - Literary Criticism | Medieval - History | Europe - Medieval |
Dewey: 263.042 |
Series: New Middle Ages |
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.64 lbs) 234 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - French |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Retracing the contours of a bitter controversy over the meaning of sacred architecture that flared up among some of the leading lights of the Carolingian renaissance, Collins explores how ninth-century authors articulated the relationship of form to function and ideal to reality in the ecclesiastical architecture of the Carolingian empire. |