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Autor:
Šimon Ungerman
The catalogue part of the publication of the cemetery in Dolní Věstonice – Na pískách contains detailed descriptions of the graves and the items of grave goods found, as well as extensive pictorial material – photographs of selected graves an
Autor:
Šimon Ungerman
The Slavic burial ground in Dolní Věstonice – Na pískách was used for burials from approximately the turn of the 9th century until the middle of the 11th century. Archaeological research in 1946–1959 uncovered almost 1,300 skeletal graves, ma
Autor:
John Crook
The College of St George at Windsor Castle was founded by Edward III in 1348 to support the newly created Order of the Garter, and to this day fulfills the same primary purpose. The domestic buildings provided for the Warden, Canons and Priest-Vicars
Exploring the work of writers, illuminators, and craftspeople, this volume demonstrates the pervasive nature of architecture as a category of medieval thought. The architectural remnants of the past—from castles and cathedrals to the lowliest villa
Autor:
Łukasz Ćwikła
The book presents the territorial-administrative past, the settlement landscape, and the ownership structure in the area of former Orłów County until the 16th century. On the basis of the so far unexplored manuscript sources from the Central Archiv
Berkeley Castle Tales presents the outcomes of the 15-year-long University of Bristol excavations and landscape research at the Berkeley Castle estate in South Gloucestershire. The project, which in 2016 won the prestigious Current Archaeology award
Autor:
Mahendrarajah, Shivan
This book tells the history of Herat, from its desolation under Chingiz Khan in 1222, to its capitulation to Tamerlane in 1381. Unlike the other three quarters of Khurasan (Balkh, Marw, Nishapur), which were ravaged by the Mongols, Herat became an im
Autor:
David S. Neal, Warwick Rodwell
Canterbury Cathedral possesses a unique marble mosaic pavement, dating from the early twelfth century, which has long intrigued scholars and been the subject of speculation and debate. It forms part of the floor of the Trinity chapel, adjacent to the
Autor:
Marta Graczynska
The book presents the panorama of social, cultural, and religious changes in the states of the Piast, Přemyslid, and Arpad dynasties. Major change occurred in the tenth century and again at the turn of the eleventh century. Given the scarcity of wri
Autor:
Elina Gertsman
Abstraction haunts medieval art, both withdrawing figuration and suggesting elusive presence. How does it make or destroy meaning in the process? Does it suggest the failure of figuration, the faltering of iconography? Does medieval abstraction funct