Author(s): Daniela Marcu-Istrate
Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450–1450, Volume 84
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2022
Language: English
City: Leiden
Tags: Archaeology
Contents
Acknowledgments
Maps and Figures
Introduction
Part 1
Resources and Historical Background
1
Resources
1.1 The Heritage
1.2 Historiographical Overview
1.3 The Archaeological Record: Excavations and Publications
1.4 Summary of the Chapter
2
Introduction to the Historical and Administrative Background
2.1 General Historical Background
2.2 Administration
2.3 Religious Organization
2.4 Summary of the Chapter
Part 2
Shaping the Religious Landscape
3
Christianisation and the Emergence of Religious Architecture
3.1 General Background
3.2 Preliminaries to Early Religious Architecture
3.3 Cemeteries and Churches
3.4 Summary of the Chapter
4
The Formative Period: Byzantine and Romanesque Churches before 1200
4.1 Byzantine Style Churches
4.2 A Glimpse into the Beginnings of Catholic Architecture
4.3 Summary of the Chapter
5
The Major Religious Site of Alba Iulia
5.1 General Historical Background
5.2 The Rotunda
5.3 The Pillared Church (10th–11th Centuries)
5.4 The First Roman-Catholic Cathedral (11th–12th Centuries)
5.5 The Second, St Michael’s Cathedral
5.6 Summary of the Chapter
Part 3
The Catholic Churches
6
The Shaping of the Religious Landscape: Mid-12th Century–Early 14th Century
6.1 General Background
6.2 Stylistic Considerations and Heritage
6.3 The Single-Nave Church in Eastern Transylvania
6.4 Romanesque Basilicas in the Saxon Colonization Area
6.5 Centrally-Planned Churches
6.6 Summary of the Chapter
7
The Romanesque-Gothic Architecture: Cistercian Gothic
7.1 The Cistercian Monastery in Cârța
7.2 The Spread of Early Gothic: General Considerations
7.3 Ground Plan Considerations
7.4 Summary of the Chapter
8
Gothic Architecture up to Mid-15th Century
8.1 General Historical Background
8.2 Making the Gothic Churches
8.3 Summary of the Chapter
9
The Major Religious Site of Sibiu
9.1 General Historical Background and Religious Heritage
9.2 The Parish Site
9.3 Small Churches and Other Features within the Parish Site
9.4 Summary of the Chapter
10
The Fortified Churches
10.1 General Considerations
10.2 The Emergence and Development of Fortified Churches
10.3 General Planimetric Considerations
10.4 The Fortress
10.5 Building, Living, and Fighting within the Cemetery: The Impact of the Fortress on the Religious Site
10.6 Summary of the Chapter
Part 4
The Orthodox Churches
11
The Archaeology of Orthodox Churches
11.1 General Consideration and the State-of-the-Art
11.2 Early Development: Social and Cultural Context
11.3 Architectural Features
11.4 Church Construction Sites: Craftsmen, Materials, Technical Features
11.5 Lights and Shadows: Looking to the Interior
11.6 Summary of the Chapter
12
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
