Title: The bishop's palace
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.
Subjects: Bishops, Church history, Dwellings, Palaces, Architecture, medieval, Architecture, italy, Italy, church history, Catholic church, italy, Church and state, catholic church, Church and state, italy, Italy, politics and government, Italy, history
Places: Italy
Time periods: 476-1400