This book is the first devoted to the important innovations in architecture that took place in western Europe between the death of emperor Justinian in A.D. 565

Drawing on new work published over the past twenty years, the author offers a history of building in Western Europe from 300 to 1200. Medieval castles, church s

The contributors to this book are among those at the forefront of the emergence of new critical perspectives and new technologies. Several of the essays present

The 11th and 12th centuries witnessed a transformation of European culture, from architecture and the visual arts to history, philosophy, theology and even law.

"Dismantles the religious, political, and geographic walls that have separated medieval art and architecture and treats not only western Europe but also the Byz