The origins of medieval architecture
Subtitle: building in Europe, A.D 600-900
By: Charles B. McClendon.
Publisher: Yale University Press New Haven
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Haven; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Architecture, Medieval -- Europe; Architecture, Early Christian; Architecture, Carolingian; Church architecture -- Europe
Description: "This book is the first devoted to the important innovations in architecture that took place in western Europe between the death of Emperor Justinian in 565 A.D. and the tenth century. During this period of transition from late antiquity to the Middle Ages, the Early Christian basilica was transformed in both form and function." "Charles B. McClendon draws on rich documentary evidence and archaeological data to show that the buildings of these three centuries, studied in isolation but rarely together, set substantial precedents for the future of medieval architecture."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The legacy of late antiquity; title: The Roman response to the cult of relics; title: Romanitas and the barbarian west; title: The Christianization of anglo-saxon England; title: The Carolingian era; title: Symbols of the new alliance; title: Aachen and Rome: the poles of an empire; title: Private patronage and personal taste; title: The monastic realm: ideal and reality; title: The innovations of later Carolingian architecture; title: Epilogue. the architectural contribution of the early middle ages; title: Notes.