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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Chartres"”.
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Significant influences on the creation of the rose windows of Chartres Cathedral
… rose windows of the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Chartres. The first area of influence lies in the cultural environment of the eleventh century, the second in the construction of the cathedral at Chartres, and the third in the medium of rose windows. The development of Gothic architecture is found …
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The Role of American Elites in the New Courthouse Building Project: Progressive-era Ideologies in the Vieux Carre
… structures occupying the square bounded Royal, Chartres, Conti and St. Louis streets. While significant scholarly research has interpreted the motives and visions of Progressive-era urban reformers, few studies have addressed issues of power in shaping these narratives and in silencing the past. …
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Making the martyr: the liturgical persona of Saint Thomas Becket in visual imagery
… glass narratives depicting his life at Sens and Chartres Cathedrals make use of this image and work in tandem with the liturgy to present an image of Becket as an ideal Christian martyr. However, rather than adopting the ideas present in the liturgy wholesale, the stained glass cycles often …
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Pilgrimage, Spatial Interaction, and Memory at Three Marian Sites
… potential for variation in porous boundaries: Chartres cathedral; the Marian apparition location of Medjugorje; and the House of the Virgin Mary near Ephesus. These three places are porous in that they emplace the interactions of different groups, fostering the permeability of boundaries …
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The Passion of Christ in Episcopal and Archidiaconal Sermons, c.1090-c.1210
… sermons of six individuals: the bishops Ivo of Chartres (d.1116), Herbert Losinga (d.1119), Geoffrey Babion (d.1158) and Bartholomew of Exeter (d.1184), along with the archdeacons Thomas Agnellus (d.1197) and Peter of Blois (d.1212). Whilst it is a subject of continuous debate, this period …
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Master builder of the Middle Ages and design build of today : an analysis and comparison
… The construction of the cathedral of Chartres in France is used as an example. The modern concept of design and build is analyzed as well, providing the Oresund Tunnel project between Sweden and Denmark as an example. Finally, master builder and design and build are compared, with a …
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Labyrinthum capellae. Le "Annotationes in Marcianum" di Giovanni Scoto Eriugena e la fortuna del neoplatonismo cristiano
… and its clouts to later middle age and Chartres school. In this scholastic text Eriugena comments the Capella's work and poses again the question of the studium to his students. Iohannes was a magister in schola Palatina during the time of Carl the Bald, he knew Saint Augustine works, …
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Cultural causes of the nineteenth-century fertility decline : a study of three Yorkshire towns
Statistical methods have provided insight into the post-1860 fertility decline, but the deeper explanations lie in the choices of individuals, shaped by the cultures of local communities. This thesis combines the use of statistical and qualitative information, each form of enquiry guiding the …
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El conocimiento de la arquitectura en la Catedral de Toledo
… antes de llegar al lado oriental del transepto. Chartres y Amiens son los templos que más elementos identificables dejaron en los artistas toledanos. Todavía habrían de influir los modelos de la borgoña francesa a la hora de rematar triforios y ventanales en el lado occidental de la iglesia que …
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A Comparative Study of Schoolmasters in Eleventh-Century Normandy and the Southern Low Countries
… and famous educational centres in France such as Chartres, Laon and -above all- Paris have been at the forefront of scholar’s efforts. Within this historiographical landscape my thesis seeks to remedy these gaps by pursuing a study of eleventh-century schoolmasters in dioceses in Normandy and the …
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The Mechanical Arts and Poiesis in the Philosophy and Literature of the Twelfth-Century Schools
The ‘mechanical arts’ or artes mechanicae were first named as a part of Philosophy in Hugh of Saint-Victor’s Didascalicon (1120s). They were identified as seven arts (fabric making, armament, commerce, agriculture, hunting, medicine, and theatrics), and positioned as a parallel to the seven liberal …