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The art of medieval urbanism : Parthenay in Romanesque Aquitaine / Robert A. Maxwell.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maxwell, Robert A. (Robert Allan), 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church buildings--France--Parthenay.
- Church buildings.
- City planning--France--Parthenay.
- City planning.
- Architecture, Romanesque--France--Parthenay.
- Architecture, Romanesque.
- Sculpture, Romanesque--France--Parthenay.
- Sculpture, Romanesque.
- Buildings--France--Parthenay.
- Buildings.
- France--Parthenay.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 375 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Parthenay and the landscape of Romanesque Aquitaine
- From Castrum to Oppidum: constructing a domain
- Style and the politics of urbanization
- Constructing an urban identity
- Constructing history: family romance and urban legends
- From Castrum to Signum: an iconography of urbanism
- The end of an era?
- Epilogue: urban orientations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-362) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9870271029564
- OCLC:
- 85623173
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