Military structures and elements in spanish fortified medieval churches
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Fortified churches, Fortified religious architecture, Medieval architecture, Fortifications
Abstract
Among the great variety of functions that carried out churches and monasteries in the Middle Ages, the military and defensive was one of most frequent and extended, so much in our country as in all the European territory. The wars against various local or foreign enemies resulted in the use of the medieval temple with defensive character and the coming out in many buildings of elements and military type structures, topic of this article, that often granted the church the aspect, the strength and the functions of a genuine castle.Downloads
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2006-01-01
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Dimanuel Jiménez M. (2006). Military structures and elements in spanish fortified medieval churches. Anales de Historia del Arte, 16, 79-102. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ANHA/article/view/ANHA0606110079A
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