City and cosmos [[electronic resource] ] : the medieval world in urban form / / Keith D. Lilley
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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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| Pubblicazione: | London, : Reaktion, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 307.760940902 |
| Soggetto topico: | Cities and towns, Medieval |
| City planning - Religious aspects - Christianity | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | City and cosmos |
| ISBN: | 1-282-79619-4 |
| 9786612796197 | |
| 1-86189-754-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459657103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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