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Autore |
Lilley Keith D |
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Titolo |
City and cosmos [[electronic resource] ] : the medieval world in urban form / / Keith D. Lilley |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London, : Reaktion, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-79619-4 |
9786612796197 |
1-86189-754-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (258 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cities and towns, Medieval |
City planning - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CITY AND COSMOS Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction THE CITY-COSMOS IDEAL; PART I: CITY-COSMOS IMAGINED; 1: URBAN MAPPINGS; 2: URBAN FORMS; PART II: CITY-COSMOS BUILT; 3: FOUNDING A CITY, FOUNDING A WORLD; 4: MEASURES OF MEANING; PART III: CITY-COSMOS LIVED; 5: MORAL TOPOGRAPHIES; 6: PERFORMING BODIES; Epilogue: CITIES OF GOD?; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In City and Cosmos, Keith D. Lilley argues that the medieval mind considered the city truly a microcosm: much more than a collection of houses, a city also represented a scaled-down version of the very order and organization of the cosmos. Drawing upon a |
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