| Description |
1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
An exploration of what 'the city' represented in the medieval imagination. Keith D. Lilley shows that, to the medieval mind, the city was not merely a 'collection of houses', it was an idea rich in Christian symbolism and cosmological meaning |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-245) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Cities and towns, Medieval.
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Architecture and cosmology.
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Social sciences.
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Social Sciences
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social sciences.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Architecture and cosmology
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Cities and towns, Medieval
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Social sciences
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Christentum
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Stadt
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Kosmologie
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Europa
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781861897541 |
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1861897545 |
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1861894414 |
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9781861894410 |
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1282796194 |
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9781282796195 |
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9786612796197 |
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6612796197 |
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