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Nickel, Heinrich L.

Medieval architecture in Eastern Europe / Heinrich L. Nickel ; translated by Alisa Jaffa.

New York : Holmes & Meier, 1983, ©1981.

209 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

This work defines "eastern Europe" as encompassing the "feudal states under the aegis of the Orthodox Church," which in present day includes Bulgaria, Rumania, Ygoslavia and parts of Russia. It includes monuments, basilicas, palaces and more from the 9th to 18th centuries.

Architecture, Medieval -- Europe, Eastern.

Architecture -- Europe, Eastern.

Church architecture -- Europe, Eastern.

Religious architecture -- Europe, Eastern.

Architecture médiévale -- Europe de l'Est.

Jaffa, Alisa, translator.

Osteuropäische Baukunst des Mittelalters. English

Translation of: Osteuropäische Baukunst des Mittelalters.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206) and index.

Also issued online.

Preface -- The legacy of Byzantium -- The Church -- The road to feudal society -- The architectural tradition of the Eastern Church -- The architecture of the Balkans -- The First Bulgarian Empire -- The Second Bulgarian Empire and the period of the Turkish invasion -- Serbia -- The principalities of Oltenia and Moldavia -- The architecture of the Grand Principality of Kiev -- The region of Vladimir-Suzdal' -- The city republics of Novgorod the Great and Pskov -- The Grand Principality of Moscow and the Unified Russian Empire -- Wooden architecture -- Bibliography -- Index of place names -- Sources of illustrations.

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