The Bishop's Palace : : Architecture and Authority in Medieval Italy / / Maureen C. Miller.
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 fort...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) :; 1 map, 44 halftones, 53 line drawings |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I. OFFICE / SPACE
- The Architectural Expression of Episcopal Authority, 300-1300
- Chapter One. The Episcopal Residence in Late Antiquity: The Episcopium
- Chapter Two. The Episcopal Residence in the Early Middle Ages: The Domus Sancte Ecclesie
- Chapter Three. The Episcopal Residence in the Central Middle Ages: The Bishop's Palace
- II. CULTURE / POWER
- The Character of Space and the Meaning of Actions
- Chapter Four. Urban Space and Sacred Authority
- Chapter Five. What Kind of Lord? The Bishop in His Hall
- Chapter Six. Spiritual Space, Interiority, and Charismatic Authority: The Bishop's Chapel
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Selected Bibliography
- Index/Glossary