Isbn: 9783565651085 - stone that commands: cathedrals and the language of power (1 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - A cathedral dominated the skyline because it was designed to dominate attention. Its walls, towers, processions, chapels, and building campaigns expressed claims about sacred authority, civic ambition, wealth, and memory. This history reads medieval cathedrals as public works shaped by bishops, rulers, guilds, artisans, donors, and communities. It traces the political choices built into architecture without reducing faith to propaganda. Readers see how stone, light, ritual, and labor created spaces where power could be displayed, contested, and made durable.…