The power of place : rulers and their palaces, landscapes, cities, and holy places / David Rollason.

"The Power of Place explores the nature of power--the power of kings, emperors, and popes--through the places that these rulers created or developed, including palaces, cities, landscapes, holy places, inauguration sites, and burial places. Ranging across all of Europe from the first to the sixteent...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rollason, D. W. (David W.)
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Palaces > Europe > History.
Landscapes > Europe > History.
Cities and towns > Europe > History.
Sacred space > Europe > History.
Historic sites > Europe.
Architecture and state > Europe > History.
Power (Social sciences) > Europe > History.
Europe > Kings and rulers > Homes and haunts.
Europe > History, Local.
Europe > Politics and government.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Architecture and state.
Cities and towns.
Historic sites.
Kings and rulers > Homes and haunts.
Landscapes.
Palaces.
Politics and government.
Power (Social sciences)
Sacred space.
Europe.
History.
Local history.
Genre:
History.
Local history.
Physical Description:xxi, 458 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustration (some color), maps ; 29 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Palaces
  • The Power of Design
  • The Power of Architectural Style and Decoration
  • Part II. Landscapes
  • Gardens, Parks, and Power
  • The Power of Forests and the Hunt
  • Part III. Cities
  • Cities, Planning, and Power
  • Triumphs and Entries : the City as Stage Set
  • Part IV. Holy Places
  • Power, Place, and Relics
  • Churches, Mosques, and Power
  • Part V. Inauguration-Places and Burial-Places
  • The Inauguration of Rulers : Places and Rituals
  • Death and Power : The Burial Places of Rulers
  • Conclusion.