{"product_id":"fortress-churches-of-languedoc-sheila-bonde-9780521052023","title":"Fortress-Churches of Languedoc: Architecture, Religion and Conflict in the High Middle Ages","description":"Fortress-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-Thomière, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheila Bonde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521052025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521052023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.61d","brand":"Sheila Bonde","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086711566591,"sku":"9780521052023","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26f53899-5d31-42e7-bb5a-0e56eda0205a.jpg?v=1769096137","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fortress-churches-of-languedoc-sheila-bonde-9780521052023","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}