{"product_id":"fortress-churches-of-languedoc-architecture-religion-and-conflict-in-the-high-middle-ages-0521052025","title":"Fortress-Churches of Languedoc: Architecture, Religion and Conflict in the High Middle Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0521052025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bonde, Sheila\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFortress-Churches of Languedoc traces the changing relationship between military and religious realms as expressed in architecture across 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 defence, demonstrating the strong link between Church and state, and the military and religious realms. In her study of fortress-churches, Sheila Bonde focuses on three twelfth-century monuments in southern France - Maguelone, Agde and Saint-Pon-de-Thomire, which are among the earliest examples of the type. She analyses her archaeological surveys of these structures, and also re-examines their documentation, which is here presented both in the original Latin and in English translations. The book 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51939076342048,"sku":"NEW0521052025","price":58.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/fortress-churches-of-languedoc-architecture-religion-and-conflict-in-the-high-middle-ages-0521052025","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}