Castles of the Mind: A Study of Medieval Architectural Allegory

by Christiania Whitehead

For well over a thousand years, scholars exploited the potential of architecture for allegorical representation. Regardless of whether they were describing the characteristics of romantic love, the framework of the medieval education syllabus, the community of the church, the virginal body or the contemplative vocation, writers turned repeatedly to the trope of the textual building. What was it about architecture that enabled it to fulfil such...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0708317944
• ISBN13: 9780708317945
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 324 Pages