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Part 1 The pre-Romanesque and proto-Romanesque styles: the preparation for medieval architecture - the insitutional background, primitive and local architectural trends, the persistence of Roman architectural ideas and practice, the transition from Roman to early medieval archiecture; the Carolingian Romanesque - northern archiecture in the reign of Charlemagne, 771-814, Church architecture in the northern part of the empire under the later Carolingians; pre-Romanesque architecture in the north, outside the empire - Ireland, 9th and 10th century architecture in Saxon England, Scandinavia; proto-Romanesque architecture in southern Europe - the Asturian style, the Mozarabic style in northern Spain, the Lombard kingdom, the Byzantine exarchate. Part 2 The earlier Romanesque styles: the "First Romanesque" - Lombardy, Dalmatia, Catalonia and Andorra, the kingdom of Arles, Germany; Romanesque architecture in Germany - under the Saxon and Franconian emperors (936-1125), the Ottonians; the Ottonian Romanesque, the Salian or Franconian emperors; France - 900-1050 - the Ambulatory, Burgundian developments, the spacious wooden-roofed basilicas. Part 3 The mature Romanesque as inter-regional and international archiecture: the great Churches of the pilgrimage roads - the preparation - general considerations, St Martin at Tours, Saint-Martial at Limoges, Sainte-Foi at Conques, Saint-Sernin at Toulouse and pilgrimage sculpture, Santiago de Compostela, goal of the pilgrimage; reflex from the pilgrimage; the role of Cluny in the history of Romanesque archiecture - the early Abbots; the "Ecole Clunisienne", Abbot Hugh of Semur, Abbot Pons, or Pontius, de Melgueil, Abbot Peter the Venerable; the Cistercians and their architecture. Part 4 The mature Romanesque of middle and southern France: general considerations in regard to the regional schools; the kingdom of Arles and Burgundy - Ducal Burgundy, Provence; Aquitania, with bordering areas on the Loire and the Mediterranean - the west of France; the school of Auvergne; the school of Languedoc. Part 5 The mature Romanesque architecture of Spain, Portugal and the Holy Land: styles dependent on the Moors and on Lombardy - Mudejar Romanesque architecture in Brick, the mature Catalan Romanesque style; styles dependent on France - preliminary considerations, Aragon and Navarre, Leon, Castile and Galicia, Portugal, the Templars and the Hospitallers, the Holy Land, exchange of influences - the problem of Armenia. Part 5 Mature Romanesque architecture in the lands associated within the Holy Roman Empire: the two Sicilies- Apulia, the Basilicata, Sicily, Campania and neighbouring regions; central Italy - Rome and the Papal state, Tuscany; northern Italy - Venice, Lombardy; Germany, Netherlands and Flanders - south Germany, Saxony, lower Rhine-Main district, the Netherlands. Part 7 Mature Romanesque architecture in Scandinavia, Britian and northern France. (part contents)