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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136072703321

Autore

Tschen-Emmons James B.

Titolo

Buildings and Landmarks of Medieval Europe : The Middle Ages Revealed / / James B. Tschen-Emmons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Greenwood, , 2016

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023

ISBN

9798400649875

9798400622205

9798216056805

9781440841828

1440841829

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxii, 347 pages) : illustrations, plans

Collana

Family life through history

Disciplina

306.8509/02

Soggetti

History of architecture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Investigating the medieval family -- The late Roman family and transition to the Middle Ages -- The family in the medieval West -- The family in the Byzantine East -- The family in the Islamic world -- The Jewish family in the Middle Ages -- The physical environment of the medieval family -- Grooms and brides, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers -- Children and the family -- Religion and the family -- Families, labor, and the laboring family -- The family as rhetorical device : traditional, transitional, and non-traditional families.

Sommario/riassunto

Through the use of images, diagrams, and detailed descriptions, this book enables readers to appreciate how the construction, design, and function of famous structures inform our understanding of societies of the past.  Buildings and Landmarks of Medieval Europe: The Middle Ages Revealed makes use of significant buildings as "representative structures" to provide insight into specific cultures, historical periods, or topics of the Middle Ages. The explanations of these buildings' construction, original intended use and change over time, and design elements allow readers to better comprehend what life in European



societies of the past was like, covering social, political, economic, and intellectual perspectives.  Readers will be able to apply what they learn from the discussions of the structures to improve their understanding of the historical period as well as their skills of observation and assessment needed to analyze these landmark structures and draw meaningful conclusions about their context and significance. The book's supporting features-a chronology, biographical appendix, glossary, and subject index-help researchers in successfully completing their papers or projects.