The West: From the Advent of Christendom to the Eve of Reformation

by Christopher Tadgell

This volume tells the story of European architecture in the 'middle ages' - from the destruction by northern barbarians of Rome and the urban society it had fostered to the rediscovery of Classical values and the rebirth of humanism in 15th-century Italy.

This period saw the evolution of feudalism, with its patterns of dependency and obligation, the establishment of monasticism in its varied forms, and the rise of the Holy Roman Empire. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113803892X
• ISBN13: 9781138038929
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 916 Pages
• Weight: 4.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 7.1" x 8.2"