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	Serbia Info / History of Serbia:Medieval Serbia (7th - 14th century)
		He is also famous for building churches, some of which are the brightest examples of Medieval Serbian architecture: the Gracanica Monastery in Kosovo, the Cathedral in Hilandar Monastery on Mt. Athos, the St. Archangel Church in Jerusalem etc. Because of his endowments, King Milutin has been proclaimed a saint, in spite of his tumultuous life.
		Medieval Serbia that enjoyed a high political, economic and cultural reputation in Medieval Europe, reached its apex in mid-14th century, during the rule of Tzar Stefan Dusan.
		Sava's Nomocanon, Dushan's Code, frescoes and the architecture of the medieval monasteries adorning Serbian lands are eternal civilizational monuments of the Serbian people.
	www.serbia-info.com /enc/history/medieval.html (932 words)

	Medieval architecture in England
		At the beginning of the Norman era the style of architecture that was in vogue was known as Romanesque, because it copied the pattern and proportion of the architecture of the Roman Empire.
		This was a reference to the imagined lack of culture of the barbarian tribes, including the Goths, which had ransacked Rome in the twilight of the Roman Empire.
		Advances in architectural technique learned from contacts with the Arab world during the Crusades led to innovations such as the pointed arch, ribbed vault, and the buttress.
	www.britainexpress.com /History/Medieval_art_and_architecture.htm (741 words)

	Medieval Architecture, Knightly Life, and Medieval Society
		Medieval Manors - Discover the Medieval Manors of the 14th Century England, their architecture, and how the geographical location influenced the way they were built.
		Medieval Warfare - Explore the history of Medieval Warfare Weapons, from the Norman Conquest to the end of the 15th Century.
		Medieval Archers - A history of the Medieval Archers, and their role in combat since the Norman Conquest to the end of the 15th Century.
	www.medieval-spell.com (545 words)

	Medieval Architecture: Romanesque and Gothic Styles - Associated Content
		Medieval architecture is a broad style as various other styles were born under the same basic structure.
		Architecture in the Roman Empire was not known as "Romanesque.'" The term is a modern word, used to characterize later works that mirrored a similar image of round or slightly pointed arches, vaults and cruciform piers found during the Roman Empire.
		Another element of architecture brought forth in the Romanesque period of the medieval ages was the impost, a trapezoid block that was placed between the capital of a column and the arch.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/88091/medieval_architecture_romanesque_and.html (515 words)

	Medieval architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Medieval architecture is a term used to represent various forms of architecture popular in the Middle Ages.
		Architecture in the Early Middle Ages may be divided into Early Christian, Merovingian, Carolingian, and Ottonian.
		Romanesque, prevalent in medieval Europe during the 11th and 12th centuries, was the first pan-European style since Roman Imperial Architecture and examples are found in every part of the continent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Medieval_architecture (484 words)

	Medieval Architecture - Gothic Construction
		Medieval Architecture in Western Europe: From A.D. 300 to 1500 is thoroughly illustrated with plans, sections, diagrams, and photographs, and also includes an IBM-compatible CD-ROM, featuring over 860 supplementary views and details of the buildings discussed, all in color.
		Major architectural innovations were made during this time including the medieval castle, the church spire, and the monastic cloister.
		Medieval architecture comprises much more than the traditional image of Gothic cathedrals and the castles of chivalry.
	www.heartoglory.com /medieval/medieval-architecture.php (1204 words)

	Castle Defense Architecture
		The medieval castle was used as a weapon unto itself and its defending garrison of soldiers exploited every possible advantage.
		Medieval engineers were used during castle construction to design the stronghold to better prevent attacks from any blind angles or potential flanking positions.
		Medieval towers were often constructed to include merlons, which are hollow spaces through which archers could fire arrows.
	www.medieval-castles.net /castle_defenses/architecture.htm (491 words)

	::Medieval Church Architecture::
		Norman architecture is also referred to as Romanesque because it was influenced in turn by the Ancient Romans.
		Norman architecture tends to be dominated by a round shape style.
		In Medieval England, the Normans used barely skilled Saxons as labourers and the tools they used were limited — axes, chisels etc. The churches and cathedrals built by the Normans tended to use large stones.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /medieval_church_architecture.htm (670 words)

	ARCHITECTURE in CROATIA by Find Croatia
		Trogir's medieval core, surrounded by walls, comprises a preserved castle and tower and a series of dwellings and palaces from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
		Architecture of Korcula Old Town is a medieval, built as a walled city positioned on an oval-shaped swelling of land pointing deep into Peljesac Channel.
		Town of Hvar is a well-preserved medieval city that has a particularly fine sixteenth century Renaissance cathedral, the Cathedral of St Stephen, which stands to one side of the town's main square Venetian Arsenal.
	www.find-croatia.com /architecture-croatia (538 words)

	Oxford University Press: Medieval Architecture in Western Europe: Robert G. Calkins
		This exceptional survey of medieval European architecture is thoroughly illustrated with more than 860 supplementary views and details of the buildings discussed, all in color.
		Medieval Architecture in Western Europe: From A.D. 300 to 1500 presents a selection of major monuments of medieval European architecture in a single volume.
		Filling the gap between general surveys of architectural history and specialized works on specific periods and regions, this book is ideal for introductory courses in medieval architecture but will also appeal to any reader with an interest in the European Middle Ages.
	www.oup.com /us/catalog/he/subject/ArchitectureArt/Architecture/HistoryofArchitecture/?view=usa&ci=9780195112412 (411 words)

	English Medieval Architecture: A Model for Design Process Analysis
		Southwell Minster is typical of many English medieval churches in combining building fabric from a variety of periods.
		Later medieval architecture in England, commonly referred to as Gothic, is usually in the form of a later addition to an earlier Romanesque building.
		While the fact that Gothic architecture in England is chiefly represented by additions to Romanesque buildings is widely acknowledged, the implications of this piece of information for the design process have not been analyzed.
	www.medievalarchitecture.org (362 words)

	Architecture in medieval Serbia
		Therein, the long tradition of Serbian architecture in the conception of the entire structure was respected: the grouping of areas into a closed entirety, and attention to proportions with an emphasis on the vertical aspects of the structure.
		The harmony in the forms and volumes, and the architecture of the surfaces and the apertures is done according to the original concepts of middle Byzantine architecture.
		Two traits of Morava architecture are important: its architectonic decoration as an absolute novelty, and its strict symmetry in the conception of the whole and of the details, thus departing from the late Byzantine conception of harmony and returning to the forms of earlier architecture.
	www.suc.org /culture/history/Hist_Serb_Culture/che/Medieval_Architecture.html (8217 words)

	Medieval Castle Architecture
		The medieval era is also referred to as the Middle ages and we have spanned this period of time from the Norman Invasion of 1066 to the Tudor dynasty of the Renaissance which ended in 1603.
		The wooden Medieval Motte and Bailey castles moved on to the Norman stone castles and on to the massive Medieval concentric castles of Edward I. The new Gothic Style of Medieval architecture and decoration emerged in France.
		The Medieval castles built to the design of Norman architecture had many problems in terms of defence which needed to be resolved in the architecture of the Medieval Castle.
	www.castles.me.uk /medieval-castle-architecture.htm (1246 words)

	Medieval architecture
		Such new elements of design allowed cathedrals to rise taller than ever, and it became something of an inter-regional contest to built a church as high as possible.
		Surviving examples of medieval secular architecture mainly served for defense.
		Castles and fortified walls provide the most notable remaining non-religious examples of mediaeval architecture.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/m/me/medieval_architecture.html (320 words)

	Amazon.ca: Early Medieval Architecture: Books: Roger Stalley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The next chapter is an exercise in setting forth the architecture of the Carolingian Renaissance, where light is shed in an area of architectural history that for the novice is more typically hedged with exceptions and speculation.
		Chapter 4 is devoted to secular architecture and is somewhat revisionist in tone.
		In this, the architectural expertise of certain early patrons is stressed, while the engineering argument is soft peddled, in the sense that techniques of vaulting are not allowed to dominate a more all-embracing explanation of the general integrity of the building fabric.
	www.amazon.ca /Early-Medieval-Architecture-Roger-Stalley/dp/0192842234 (1704 words)

	Lifelong Learning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Architectural histories tend to be long and indigestable.
		Try and visit one major multi-period Medieval building (your local Cathedral, would probably be better than a castle but a large church or domestic building would also do).
		Architecture in the Middle Ages, Thames and Hudson, London 1973.
	www.cardiff.ac.uk /learn/archaeol/bibs/medieval_architecture.php (1120 words)

	Medieval Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Early medieval architecture was a continuation of Roman architecture, relying on the arch.
		Before the new innovations in the late 12th century, the term for medieval architecture is Romanesque.
		Saint-Sernin, the Priory Church of Saint-Pierre in Toulouse, Vezelay, and the Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy exemplify Romanesque architecture.
	www.wsu.edu /~delahoyd/medieval/architecture.html (162 words)

	Late Medieval Architecture: Fan Vaulting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Hence the church, the nobility, the middle class and the crown all contributed to the diffusion of the new architectural form.
		An architectural shell is defined as a stressed structure much thinner than it is broad.
		The thrust acting on each point of the shell can be represented by a vector with components directed outward and downward: the set of all such vectors forms an imaginary surface called the thrust surface.
	medieval.ucdavis.edu /20C/Architecture.html (1430 words)

	Nemea: Medieval Architecture
		The medieval architectural remains at Nemea include an Early Christian Basilica located within the Sancuary of Zeus, houses from the Early Christian period, and houses from the Byzantine period.
		The re-use of architectural remains is still today a common practice, responsible for much of the Basilica's more recent destruction.
		The only other architectural features of the Early Christian era at Nemea are a few domestic structures located mainly in the area immediately southwest the Basilica but also as far away as 500 m.
	socrates.berkeley.edu /~clscs275/nemeamedi2.htm (941 words)

	Romanesque Architecture - Earthlore Explorations Foundation Stone of Learning
		Architecture benefited greatly within this period and master builders were accorded a deserving respect.
		There are a wide range of distinctions in form and style spread across the geography of Europe and the expanse of the centuries.
		It is a fascinating chapter of history to study, and architecture is a central component of that story.
	www.elore.com /Gothic/Learning/romanesque.htm (961 words)

	Fine Arts, UBC Library. Subject Guide: Medieval Art and Architecture
		Monastery and cathedral in France; medieval architecture, sculpture, stained glass, manuscripts, the art of the church treasuries
		Microfiche images of art and architecture from the 8th Century to present.
		Archive 3: Medieval architecture and sculpture in Europe.
	www.library.ubc.ca /finearts/medieval.html (601 words)

	Open Directory - Arts: Architecture: History: Periods and Styles: Gothic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Gothic Art and Architecture - Serge Helfrich introduces the art form, dominated by the struggle of architecture against gravity, that flourished in Europe from the 12th until the 16th century.
		Medieval Architecture - Clickable thumbnails of photos and drawings illustrating Early Gothic with links to the High Gothic period, from the Digital Archive of Architecture.
		Medieval French Gothic Architecture and Sculpture - San Jose State University provides an extensive gallery of expandable images, accessed via pull-down menu and selection from an array.
	dmoz.org /Arts/Architecture/History/Periods_and_Styles/Gothic (508 words)

	Amazon.com: Early Medieval Architecture (Oxford History of Art): Books: Roger Stalley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The next chapter is an exercise in setting forth the architecture of the Carolingian Renaissance, where light is shed in an area of architectural history that for the novice is more typically hedged with exceptions and speculation.
		In this, the architectural expertise of certain early patrons is stressed, while the engineering argument is soft peddled, in the sense that techniques of vaulting are not allowed to dominate a more all-embracing explanation of the general integrity of the building fabric.
		The final two chapters are a magisterial recapitulation of the "Language of Architecture", starting off "During the course of the eleventh century a new architectural language emerged in western Europe...", and of its subsequent diversity throughout Europe.
	amazon.com /Early-Medieval-Architecture-Oxford-History/dp/0192842234 (2171 words)

	British medieval architecture
		In particular, we will explore the medieval corbel heads from Devizes (Wiltshire), employing virtual technologies to explore the techniques of their manufacture.
		In addition to this, the broader field of carpentry joints, used by late medieval carpenters, will be examined virtually.
		Thankfully, these medieval works of art were saved from destruction by Valentine Leach during the restoration of St Johns Church, Devizes.
	www.medievalarchitecture.net /?CFID=5416061&CFTOKEN=97258020 (245 words)

	Medieval Architecture 01 - Topics - ArchitectureWeek Online Library
		In medieval times, camel caravans heading towards Arabia, Persia, and Central Asia, laden with silks and spices, would have seen Jaisalmer, India shimmering in the desert haze much as it appears today.
		The ancient fort, the oldest in Rajasthan, rises above a maze of streets, squares, palaces, and clusters of dwellings, all in the local golden yellow sandstone.
		From the viewpoint on the ramparts, the homogeneous architecture of Dubrovnik is distinct; every single building in the old city bears clay roof tiles, red and honey rooftops that glitter in contrast with the turquoise sea.
	www.architectureweek.com /topics/medieval-01.html (203 words)

	NetSERF: Architecture
		In particular, we will explore the medieval corbel heads from Devizes (Wiltshire), employing virtual technologies to explore the techniques of their manufacture.
		Medieval sections include: Romanesque churches, Gothic churches, medieval fortifications and Belgian architecture.
		Course material from an architecture course at the University of Virginia.
	www.netserf.org /Architecture (542 words)

	Medieval Architecture
		This book examines the engineering achievements of the medieval builders, providing a fascinating insight into the way that the medieval buildings were created, and clearly shows how the great monuments of that age were designed and constructed.
		The richness and variety of European architecture during this period is also explored in terms of the social and religious aspirations of the time.
		Late medieval architecture is traditionally synonymous with Gothic, the style of the soaring cathedrals that dominate the skylines of European cities even today.
	www.sedelmeier.com /medieval_architecture.htm (1784 words)

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