The bishop's palace
Subtitle: architecture and authority in medieval Italy
By: Maureen C. Miller.
Series: Conjunctions of religion & power in the medieval past
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Bishops -- Dwellings -- Italy.; Palaces -- Italy.; Italy -- Church history -- 476-1400.
Description: "This lavishly illustrated book looks at the art and architecture of episcopal palaces as expressions of power and ideology. Tracing the history of the bishop's residence in the urban centers of northern Italy over the Middle Ages, Maureen C. Miller asks why this once rudimentary and highly fortified structure called a domus became a complex and elegant "palace" (palatium) by the late twelfth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-301) and index.