The architecture of the Christian Holy Land reception from late antiquity through the Renaissance

In the absence of the bodies of Christ and Mary, architecture took on a special representational role during the Christian Middle Ages, marking out sites associated with the bodily presence of the dominant figures of the religion. Throughout this period, buildings were reinterpreted in relation to t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moore, Kathryn Blair
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2017
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The symbolization of Holy Land architecture
  • Triumphal restoration and recreation in the Crusades
  • The Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land
  • Imagined pilgrimages and crusades in the Renaissance