Open Access Contextualizing the Archivolted Portals of Northern Spain and Western France within the Theology and Politics of Entry 1st Edition – PDF/EPUB Version Downloadable

This book explores the archivolted portals of 12th-c. Spain and France, arguing they were tools for monastic meditation. Shaped by rhetoric and interaction with Islamic courts, their design made theology accessible to all in an age of pilgrimage and crusade.