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Fortress-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-Thomière, which are among the earliest examples of the type. She analyses her archaeological surveys of these structures, and also re-examines their documentation, which is here presented both in the original Latin and in English translations. The book also explores the larger context of fortification and authority in twelfth-century Languedoc and examines the dynamics of architectural exchange and innovation in the Mediterranean at a moment of critical historical importance.

Religious architecture --- Christian church history --- anno 1200-1499 --- Languedoc --- 726 <44 LANGUEDOC> --- 728.81 --- Church architecture --- -Architecture, Gothic --- -Albigenses --- Church history --- -Fortress-churches --- -Heresies, Christian --- Heresies and heretics --- Heresy --- Theology, Doctrinal --- Christian sects --- Churches, Fortress --- Church buildings --- Fortification --- Christianity --- Ecclesiastical history --- History, Church --- History, Ecclesiastical --- History --- Albigensians --- Cathari --- Catharists --- Cathars --- Christian heresies --- Gothic architecture --- Christian antiquities --- Ecclesiastical architecture --- Rood-lofts --- Christian art and symbolism --- Architecture, Gothic --- Religieuze bouwkunst. Kerkelijke bouwkunst. Sacrale architectuur--Frankrijk--LANGUEDOC --- Burchten met verdedigingswerken --- -History --- Albigenses. --- Fortress-churches --- Heresies, Christian --- -Religieuze bouwkunst. Kerkelijke bouwkunst. Sacrale architectuur--Frankrijk--LANGUEDOC --- -Albigenses. --- 728.81 Burchten met verdedigingswerken --- 726 <44 LANGUEDOC> Religieuze bouwkunst. Kerkelijke bouwkunst. Sacrale architectuur--Frankrijk--LANGUEDOC --- -Albigensians --- Albigenses --- Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Arts and Humanities --- Architecture, Fine and Decorative Arts --- Languedoc [Old French province]