The Gothic enterprise

Titel: The Gothic enterprise : a guide to understanding the Medieval cathedral / Robert A. Scott
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Veröffentlicht: Berkeley ˜[u.a.]œ : Univ. of California Press, 2003
Umfang: XIV, 292 S. : Ill. ; 25 cm
Format: E-Book
Sprache: Englisch
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Vorliegende Ausgabe: Online-Ausg.: 2004. - Online-Ressource.
ISBN: 1417525622 (Sekundärausgabe) ; 9781417525621 (Sekundärausgabe)
Bemerkung: Acknowledgments -- Introduction : a personal journey -- I. Grand undertaking -- What is the Gothic enterprise? ; How were the cathedrals built? -- II. History -- Kings, feudal lords, and great monasteries ; Age of cathedral-building ; Initial vision ; Cathedral crusade -- III. Gothic look -- What is the Gothic look? ; Image of heaven ; Pragmatic view of cathedral-building -- IV. Religious experience -- Sacred force and sacred space ; Imagining the cathedral ; Honoring the dead -- V. Gothic community -- Medieval living conditions ; Spiritual brokers--priests and monarchs ; Cathedrals and community -- Conclusion : Learning from Stonehenge