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Romanesque architecture and its sculptural decoration in Christian Spain, 1000-1120 : exploring frontiers and defining identities /

The decades following the year 1000 marked a watershed in the history of the Iberian Peninsula when the balance of power shifted from Muslims to Christians. During this crucial period of religious and political change, Romanesque churches were constructed for the first time in Spain. Romanesque Arch...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mann, Janice, 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2009]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontiers and pioneers : American art historians discover medieval Spain
  • Victory proclaimed : the architectural patronage of Sancho el Mayor (1004-1035)
  • Piety in action : royal women and the advent of Romanesque architecture in Christian Spain
  • Shaping the Christian presence in Aragon : the frontier fortress-monasteries of King Sancho Ramírez (r. 1064-1094)
  • The frontier of eternity : church portal decoration in Romanesque Aragon.