McClendon, Charles B. <br/><br/>
The origins of medieval architecture :  building in Europe, A.D 600-900 / 
Charles B. McClendon. 
 - New Haven :  Yale University Press,  c2005. 
 - 264 p. :  ill. (some col.), maps ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-255) and index. 
<br/><br/>Pt. 1. The "Dark Ages." The legacy of late antiquity -- The Roman response to the cult of relics -- Romanitas and the barbarian West -- The Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England -- Pt. 2.The Carolingian era. Symbols of the new alliance -- Aachen and Rome : the poles of an empire -- Private patronage and personal taste -- The monastic realm : ideal and reality -- The innovations of later Carolingian architecture -- Epilogue. The architectural contribution of the early Middle Ages. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0300106882 9780300106886 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Architecture, Carolingian.<br/>Architecture, Early Christian.<br/>Architecture, Medieval.<br/>Church architecture--Europe
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA5453  / .M38 2005