The art of medieval urbanism
Subtitle: Parthenay in romanesque Aquitaine
By: Robert A. Maxwell.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9870271029564
Subjects: Church buildings -- France -- Parthenay; City planning -- France -- Parthenay; Architecture, Romanesque -- France -- Parthenay; Sculpture, Romanesque -- France -- Parthenay; Parthenay (France) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. Parthenay and the landscape of Romanesque Aquitaine; title: 2. From Castrum to Oppidum : constructing a domain; title: 3. Style and the politics of urbanization; title: 4. Constructing an urban identity; title: 5. Constructing history : family romance and urban legends; title: 6. From Castrum to Signum : an iconography of urbanism; title: 7. The end of an era?; title: Epilogue. Urban orientations; title: Appendixes. a. Foundation charter of St-Paul (ca. 1070-1075); title: b. Foundation charter of St-Pierre (1092); title: Donation charter of St-Pierre (1119).