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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Clarke, Catherine A. M

Titel

Rouen: Introduction

Ist Teil von

• Medieval Cityscapes Today, 2019, p.1

Ort / Verlag

The Netherlands: Arc Humanities Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• I’m standing high on the Cathedral of Notre Dame, looking down over the medieval cityscape of Rouen, Normandy. It is late May, 1431: trees blossom in gardens, the fields across the Seine are lush and green, ships cluster either side of the Pont Mathilde, where cargo is hauled up the riverbanks. I can see the Abbey of Saint Ouen, caged in wooden scaffolding, where the tower and nave are under construction. To the north, I see the squat, round towers of Rouen Castle, with the crenellations of the city wall behind them; towards the west, near the river, the English