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City and cosmos : the medieval world in urban form / Keith D. Lilley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lilley, Keith D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns, Medieval.
- City planning--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- City planning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (258 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In City and Cosmos, Keith D. Lilley argues that the medieval mind considered the city truly a microcosm: much more than a collection of houses, a city also represented a scaled-down version of the very order and organization of the cosmos. Drawing upon a
- Contents:
- CITY AND COSMOS Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction THE CITY-COSMOS IDEAL; PART I: CITY-COSMOS IMAGINED; 1: URBAN MAPPINGS; 2: URBAN FORMS; PART II: CITY-COSMOS BUILT; 3: FOUNDING A CITY, FOUNDING A WORLD; 4: MEASURES OF MEANING; PART III: CITY-COSMOS LIVED; 5: MORAL TOPOGRAPHIES; 6: PERFORMING BODIES; Epilogue: CITIES OF GOD?; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612796197
- 9781282796195
- 1282796194
- 9781861897541
- 1861897545
- OCLC:
- 659307371
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