{"product_id":"the-power-of-place-9780691167626","title":"The Power of Place","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rollason's dazzling treasury of site descriptions and pictures is the product of years of exploration, on-site and in libraries... A well-guided and meticulously illustrated tour, of a good selection of medieval Europe's most striking palatial monuments.\"--Alexander Murray, Times Literary Supplement \"A grand tour, without hassle of airports, passports, or buses, of a sophisticated selection of medieval Europe's most renowned and important monuments; a tour conducted by a well-read guide, whose language is invariably clear, and is rendered more vivid and instructive by its cortege of carefully placed and labelled illustrations.\"--Alexander Murray, Times Literary Supplement \"This lavishly produced text, encyclopedic in its scope and bibliography, examines the representations of the power of the ruler in buildings, landscapes, and events of continental Europe from the Roman period to the early modern era. Rollason links the forms of palaces, their surrounding lands, cities, sacred items and spaces, and places of enthronement and burial to ideological and personal power, illustrating each point with cases ranging from Tara to Constantinople, Muslim Granada to the Gothic north.\"--Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations ix  Preface xix  Chapter 1 Introduction 1  Part I Palaces 9  Chapter 2 The Power of Design 11  Chapter 3 The Power of Architectural Style and Decoration 59  Part II Landscapes 99  Chapter 4 Gardens, Parks, and Power 102  Chapter 5 The Power of Forests and the Hunt 136  Part III Cities 169  Chapter 6 Cities, Planning, and Power 171  Chapter 7 Triumphs and Entries: The City as Stage Set 202  Part IV Holy Places 241  Chapter 8 Power, Place, and Relics 242  Chapter 9 Churches, Mosques, and Power 273  Part V Inauguration Places and Burial Places 319  Chapter 10 The Inauguration of Rulers: Places and Rituals 320  Chapter 11 Death and Power: The Burial Places of Rulers 344  Chapter 12 Conclusion 387  Research and Reading 391  References 417  Illustration Credits 449  Index 451  Color plates follow page 168.","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865533231447,"sku":"9780691167626","price":51.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691167626.jpg?v=1722274429","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-power-of-place-9780691167626","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}