Castles of God: Fortified Religious Buildings of the WorldBoydell Press, 2004 - 304 من الصفحات Throughout history, great faiths have been subjected to persecution and attack from beyond the wall - literally walls, in Peter Harrison's remarkable book of the great monastery-fortresses, and church-fortresses, of the world. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Middle Eastern Origins | 7 |
The religious settlements of the Essenes at Qumran Israel | 9 |
The Monastery of St Catherine Egypt | 17 |
Ireland | 23 |
The Crusades | 38 |
Chastel Blanc Syria | 45 |
Portugal | 54 |
Italy | 148 |
Russia | 158 |
America and the Philippines | 170 |
The fortified Spanish missions of San Antonio Texas | 171 |
The Caucasus Region | 191 |
The fortress Monastery of St Paul and St Peter Tatev Armenia | 193 |
The Church and Monastery of Dzvari Georgia | 200 |
Ethiopia | 206 |
Great Britain | 66 |
The fortified ecclesiastical buildings of Englands northern Borderlands | 67 |
Lindisfarne Priory Holy Island Northumberland | 74 |
The medieval tower churches and castles of Gower South Wales | 82 |
Scandinavia | 88 |
The fortified churches of the Baltic | 90 |
France | 97 |
BeaumontduPérigord France | 102 |
SaintAvitSenieur France | 116 |
The Eastern Mediterranean and Eastern Europe | 121 |
The monasteries of Mount Athos Greece | 122 |
The fortified Saxon village church of Prejmer Romania | 132 |
Central Europe | 137 |
Ecclesiastical fortresses in RhinelandPalatinate Bavaria and BadenWürttemberg | 140 |
Enda Medhane Alem Adua Tigre Ethiopia | 213 |
Islam I | 215 |
The ribats and fortified mosques of Tunisia | 224 |
Islam II | 227 |
Iran and Syria | 239 |
The Persian and Syrian castles of the Assassins | 241 |
The Himalayan Region | 250 |
The monastery complex of Pelkhor Chode Gyantse Tibet | 259 |
Fortified dzongs and monasteries of Bhutan | 269 |
Conclusion | 276 |
Glossary of Terms | 281 |
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