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CITY AND COSMOS

THE MEDIEVAL WORLD IN URBAN FORM
LILLEY, KEITH D.

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City and Cosmos is an exploration of what 'the city' represented in the medieval imagination. Keith D. Lilley shows that, to the med ieval mind, the city was not merely a 'collection of houses', it was an idea rich in Christian symbolism and cosmological meaning. D rawing upon original accounts, illustrations and maps from across medieval Europe, and on science, religion, art, literature, drama, and architecture of the Latin West, City and Cosmos offers an innovative interpretation of how medieval Christians saw their urban worlds.Li...[Read more]

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DetailsREAKTION BOOKS
2009
256 Pages
Format: Tela
ISBN: 9781861894410
Language: INGLÉSCategory: Literary Journalism

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