Ross Holloway examines the building programme in Rome carried out by the Emperor Constantine, during whose reign the systematic persecution of Christians was stopped and efforts made to accommodate the Christian religion within the fabric ...
Through a comparative analysis of the cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, and Amiens, the author illuminates the technical, theological, artistic, and social factors that formed the High Gothic synthesis.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- PART I. ROMANESQUE FRANCE -- CHAPTER 1.