Title & Author:

Archaeology and architecture of the military orders : new studies / edited by Mathias Piana, Augsburg, Germany and Christer Carlsson, Stockholm, Sweden.

Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2014]

Description:

ix, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : history and archaeology / Anthony Luttrell -- pt. I. The Hospitaller Order/the Order of Malta. 1, The cabrei of the Order of Malta as an archaeological source: some notes on Piedmont / Elena Bellomo. 2, Varne Hospitaller commandery : an archaeological field project / Christer Carlsson. 3, The search for the defensive system of the Knights in the Dodecanese. pt. 2, Leros, Kalymnos, Kos and Bodrum / Michael Heslop. 4, Fall and rise of the Hospitaller and Templar castles in Syria at the end of the thirteenth century / Benjamin Michaudel -- pt. II. The Templar Order. 5, I templari nella Tuscia viterbese : vecchie considerazioni e nuove prospettive di ricerca : storia ed architettura / Nadia Bagnarini. 6, Templar and Hospitaller establishments in southern France : the state of research and new perspectives / Damien Carraz. 7, A bulwark never conquered : the fortifications of the Templar citadel of Tortosa on the Syrian coast / Mathias Piana -- pt. III. The Teutonic order. 8, Renewed research at Montfort Castle / Adrian J. Boas. 9, Originality and adaptation : the architecture of the Teutonic Order in Italy / Giulia Rossi Vairo. 10, The architecture of the castles in the Prussian state of the Teutonic Order / Tomasz Torbus.

Summary:

"As elite communities in medieval societies the Military Orders were driven by the ambition to develop built environments that fulfilled monastic needs as well as military requirements and, in addition, residential and representational purposes. Growing affluence and an international orientation provided a wide range of development potential. That this potential was in fact exploited may be exemplified by the advanced fortifications erected by Templars and Hospitallers in the Levant. Although the history of the Military Orders has been the subject of research for a long time, their material legacy has attracted less attention. In recent years, however, a vast range of topics concerning the Orders building activities has become the object of investigation, primarily with the help of archaeology. They comprise the choice of sites and building materials, provision and storage of food and water, aspects of the daily life, the design and layout of commanderies, churches and fortifications, their spatial arrangement, and the role these buildings played in their environmental context. This volume contains ten articles discussing the archaeology and architecture of buildings erected by the three major Military Orders in different geographical regions. They cover most countries of Western Europe and include a number of important fortifications in the Levant. These studies break new ground in the investigation of the built fabric of the Military Orders. Written by noted international scholars this publication is an important contribution to modern research on these institutions, which, in their association of monasticism and knighthood, were so typical for the Middle Ages."--Back of dust jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9781472420534 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
1472420535 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
(ebook)
9781472423351
(epub)
9781472423368
1472423356
1472423364

Subject:

Military architecture.
Military religious orders.
Architecture militaire.
Ordres militaires religieux.
Architektur
Ritterorden
Military religious orders History.
Fortification History.
Castles History.
Militärarkitektur.
Riddarordnar.

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Piana, Mathias, editor.
Carlsson, Christer, 1975- editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 290567
Call No.: BIB 233617
Status: Available