| Description |
1 online resource (175 pages) |
| Series |
KADOC Studies on religion, culture and society ; 21 |
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KADOC studies on religion, culture, and society ; 21.
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| Contents |
Boek_coomans; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; ORIGINS; 1. The Cell; 2. The Rule; 3. The Community; 4. The Church; 5. The Cloister; BUILDING TYPES; 6. The Abbey; 7. The Charterhouse; 8. The Castle; 9. The Friary; 10. The Beguinage; 11. The Hôtel-Dieu; 12. The College; 13. The Palace; 14. The House; CHARACTERS; 15. Place and Stability; 16. Enclosure and Gender; 17. Liturgy and Identity; 18. Death and Memory; 19. Scale and Growth; AFTERLIFE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; COLOPHON |
| Summary |
Sacred architecture as reality and metaphor in secularised Western society.00Christian monasteries and convents, built throughout Europe for the best part of 1,500 years, are now at a crossroads. This study attempts to understand the sacred architecture of monasteries as a process of the tangible and symbolic organisation of space and time for religious communities. Despite the weight of seemingly immutable monastic tradition, architecture has contributed to developing specific religious identities and played a fundamental part in the reformation of different forms of religious life according to the changing needs of society. The cloister is the focal point of this book because it is both architecture, a physically built reality, and a metaphor for the religious life that takes place within it. Life Inside the Cloister also addresses the afterlife and heritagisation of monastic architecture in secularised Western society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-168), filmography and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 26, 2019) |
| Subject |
Cloisters (Architecture) -- Western countries
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Monastic and religious life -- Western countries
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ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Reference.
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Cloisters (Architecture)
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Monastic and religious life
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Architektur
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Klosteranlage
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Ordensleben
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Western countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789461662606 |
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9461662602 |
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