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How much did Gothic churches cost?: an estimate of ecclesiastical building costs in the Paris Basin between 1100-1250.
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Creator
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Denning, Amy., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Several scholars have studied the explicit (tangible) costs of the ecclesiastical buildings constructed in the High Middle Ages. However, no scholar has examined the implicit (opportunity) cost of unskilled labor required for their construction, or tried to estimate the total cost of their building as a percentage of regional GDP. This thesis examines the implicit costs of building the Gothic churches of the Paris Basin built between 1100-1250, and attempts to estimate the percentage of the...
Show moreSeveral scholars have studied the explicit (tangible) costs of the ecclesiastical buildings constructed in the High Middle Ages. However, no scholar has examined the implicit (opportunity) cost of unskilled labor required for their construction, or tried to estimate the total cost of their building as a percentage of regional GDP. This thesis examines the implicit costs of building the Gothic churches of the Paris Basin built between 1100-1250, and attempts to estimate the percentage of the regional economy that was devoted to build them. I estimate that over this 150-year period, on average, 21.5 percent of the regional economy was devoted to the construction of these Gothic churches, 1.5 percent of which is directly related to the implicit cost of labor.
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Date Issued
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2012
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359305
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Subject Headings
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Architecture, Gothic, Finance, Architecture, Gothic, History, Church architecture, Finance, Labor economics
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Document (PDF)
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" Feasting with panthers": unstable sexual identity and the pedagogic Eros in the Divine Comedy.
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Morris, Albert., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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The purpose of this study is to analyze the problem posed by homosexuality in Dante's Commedia. I look at several topics and questions : A) What are the implications of homosexuality in regards to both justice in the polis and to divine justice in the next world? B) What are the poetics of queer variance? C) What are the oedipal issues surrounding the Dantean father-figures VIrgil, Brunetto Latini, and other males? D) What is the role of the pedagogic Eros in promoting a strong national bond...
Show moreThe purpose of this study is to analyze the problem posed by homosexuality in Dante's Commedia. I look at several topics and questions : A) What are the implications of homosexuality in regards to both justice in the polis and to divine justice in the next world? B) What are the poetics of queer variance? C) What are the oedipal issues surrounding the Dantean father-figures VIrgil, Brunetto Latini, and other males? D) What is the role of the pedagogic Eros in promoting a strong national bond and social ethos? E) Where does Dante situate "sodomites" (and, by extension, what role does desire play) in the schemata of Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, and why is this important? All of these questions are interrelated and have a bearing on Dante's notion of the good society and divine justice.
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2012
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3358756
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Criticism and interpretation, Homosexuliaty, History, Love in literature, Criticism and interpretation, Desire in literature, Criticism and interpretation, Mind and body in literature
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Document (PDF)
