Fortress-Churches of Languedoc Bonde Paperback Cambridge University Press

Fortress-Churches of LanguedocArchitecture, Religion and Conflict in the High Middle Ages\nAuthor(s): Sheila Bonde\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521052023, 978-0521052023\nSynopsis\nFortress-Churches of Languedoc traces the changing relationship between military and religious realms as expressed in architecture across medieval Europe. The scholarship of medieval architecture has traditionally imposed a division between military and ecclesiastical structures. Often, however, medieval churches were provided with fortified enclosures, crenellations, iron-barred doors and other elements of defence, demonstrating the strong link between Church and state, and the military and religious realms. In her study of fortress-churches, Sheila Bonde focuses on three twelfth-century monuments in southern France - Maguelone, Agde and Saint-Pon-de-Thomire, which are among the earliest examples of the type. S.