Alan Ogden - Fortresses of Faith Cetati si Biserici fortificate Transilvania

Autor: Alan Ogden

Titlu: Fortresses of Faith. A Pictorial Survey of the Fortified Saxon Churches of Romania

Editura: The Center for Romanian Studies

An aparitie: 2000

Nr. pagini: 132

Format mare

Hartie de calitate

Tip coperta: Cartonata

150 ilustratii

Limba engleza

starea cartii: buna

Descriere: For nearly a thousand years, the Saxon settlers from the Rhine valley played a vital role in the history of Transylvania until their diaspora in the second half of the twentieth century. Fortresses of Faith focuses on their magnificent architectural legacy - the fortress-churches or kirchenburgen of the Seibenburgen. After a comprehensive introduction covering history, architecture, and decor, the author takes us on an enthralling photographic tour, helpfully arranged for travelers into the areas surrounding Sibiu, Medias, Sighisoara, and Brasov.

Alan Ogden's black and white photographs poignantly capture the moody images of these "stone war-horses of Christendom," many of which are now without congregations and prey to the dilapidation of time. It is a superb photographic record with a broad appeal to overseas descendants of Transylvanian Saxons, tourists, and students of Romanian history.

Alan Ogden, received enthusiastic support from historians in Germany and Romania, who shared his vision of sounding the alarm about the uncertain future of this forgotten heritage of Christian Europe. He is the author of Romania Revisited: On the Trail of English Travellers, 1602-1941, published by the Center for Romanian Studies.