Buildings and Landmarks of Medieval Europe - The Middle Ages Revealed

Informationen zum Autor James B. Tschen-Emmons teaches history at North Idaho College and mythology at Northern Virginia Community College's Extended Learning Institute. Klappentext Through the use of images, diagrams, and detailed descriptions, this book enables readers to appreciate how the construction, design, and function of famous structures inform our understanding of societies of the past. Buildings and Landmarks of Medieval Europe: The Middle Ages Revealed makes use of significant buildings as "representative structures" to provide insight into specific cultures, historical periods, or topics of the Middle Ages. The explanations of these buildings' construction, original intended use and change over time, and design elements allow readers to better comprehend what life in European societies of the past was like, covering social, political, economic, and intellectual perspectives.Readers will be able to apply what they learn from the discussions of the structures to improve their understanding of the historical period as well as their skills of observation and assessment needed to analyze these landmark structures and draw meaningful conclusions about their context and significance. The book's supporting features-a chronology, biographical appendix, glossary, and subject index-help researchers in successfully completing their papers or projects.

Product details

• Authors: James Tschen-emmons, James B. Tschen-Emmons, Tschen-Emmons James B.
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781440841811
• ISBN: 978-1-4408-4181-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, History of Architecture, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval