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As a sequel to the analysis of Romanesque church architecture as the Heavenly Jerusalem on earth, this book reviews the embellishing cloister arts during the Romanesque period in Central Europe. This book discusses the work in textiles, ivory, wood, precious metals, bronze, and illuminated manuscripts. Pertinent illustrations stress the themes common to those media, suggesting that the craftsmen knew one another’s work. Some may have worked in more than one medium.

Circumstances tended to preserve religious works. The book rests on the extensive use of detailed illustrative objects and...

This book offers a concise yet detailed political history of medieval Central Europe as it traces the history of the Medieval Empire from its inception as a kingdom during the early 10th century, to its formation as Roman Empire, its support of the papacy, its struggle with the papacy for supremacy, the shift of its centre of gravity to Italy and its demise into particularist parts by the middle of the 13th century. It surveys the three dynasties which ruled the Post-Carolingian Empire and follows the political emergence of a disjointed region through its crystallization into an independent...

This book seeks to offer a detailed survey of the Romanesque Architectural style preserved in Central Europe. It traces developments of the style from earliest examples of the post-Carolingian period to the height of sophistication during the transition to Gothic. It begins with a survey of the remains and reconstructions of the palaces of the mighty. It then offers a selection of castles, both as ruins or restored facilities as they can be found in Germany, Austria and Alsace. Where possible the emphasis rests on seeking out the artistic ornamentation with which the builders enhanced the...

This illustrated book continues themes in Central European cultural history treated elsewhere with the intention of presenting an interdisciplinary study of early medieval socio-cultural developments.
A continuation of the preceding books, this volume examines the archeological evidence of the groups who settled Central Europe. It aims to amplify the information recorded during the late Roman Empire about societies, social dynamics and ethnological contexts by examining their material culture. The language of significant objects complements the literature of significant texts.
The three...

Die Grundlagen der allgemeinen oder theoretischen Sinnesphysiologie be finden sich gegenwartig in einem entscheidenden Umbruch. Hatte man bislang, gemass der Denkweise eines traditionellen Naturalismus, das theoretische Funda ment der allgemeinen Sinnesphysiologie in den objektiven Wissenschaften ge sucht, so beginnt die Sinnestheorie sich heute aus dieser Abhangigkeit zu befreien und eigenstandige methodische Ansatze zu entwickeln .. Die vorliegende Darstellung soll ein Beitrag zu dieser neuen Richtung sein. Was uns die Sinne zeigen, ist originar und nicht aus anderen Gegebenheiten ab...

Die Grundlagen der allgemeinen oder theoretischen Sinnesphysiologie be finden sich gegenwartig in einem entscheidenden Umbruch. Hatte man bislang, gemass der Denkweise eines traditionellen Naturalismus, das theoretische Funda ment der allgemeinen Sinnesphysiologie in den objektiven Wissenschaften ge sucht, so beginnt die Sinnestheorie sich heute aus dieser Abhangigkeit zu befreien und eigenstandige methodische Ansatze zu entwickeln. Die vorliegende Darstellung soll ein Beitrag zu dieser neuen Richtung sein. Was uns die Sinne zeigen, ist originar und nicht aus anderen Gegebenheiten ab leitbar....