Stadtrekonstruktionen von Trier im Mittelalter
Edited by Lukas Clemens Edited by Marzena Kessler
Hardback (Published)
(October 2023)
ISBN: 9783752007343
6.69 x 9.45 inches
Price: $24.00
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The volume presents the appearance of the cathedral city on the Moselle in the two periods around 1120 and 1430 in overall reconstructions. While the high medieval Trier is still particularly characterised by the former large buildings and further ruins of its ancient past, in addition to its loose settlement structure dominated by residential towers of urban families and agrarian structures, the late medieval impression bears witness to the densification of settlements that had occurred in the meantime, interspersed with numerous more recent ecclesiastical institutions. The extremely detailed illustrations illustrating continuities and change, especially against the background of more extensive explanations, invite the reader to make new discoveries again and again, even after multiple viewings.
English summary: This volume brings together three reconstructions of medieval Trier, conceived and annotated by Lukas Clemens and Marzena Kessler and realised by the Luxembourg artist Nic Herber. One depiction shows the high medieval tower Jerusalem in the cathedral immunity, whose former appearance can be reliably portrayed on the basis of extensive archaeological and building-historical investigations as well as with the help of early modern pictorial sources. The name of the tower, which is associated with the persecution of the Jews in 1096, is explained, as is its further history, which also includes the fact that Pope Eugene III took up residence in the building when he stayed in Trier in the winter of 1147/48. The two larger representations are reconstructions of general views of Trier from around 1120 and around 1430. These bird’s-eye reconstructions are also based on intensive archaeological, architectural and archival research. Two time periods show the processual transformation of a topography that was still shaped by the ancient past, from the archiepiscopal cathedral city to the urban centre administered by the municipality. The first view shows a high medieval town, which was not only characterised by the ruins of large Roman buildings, but also by the remains of ancient residential and commercial buildings. In addition, it can be characterised as a largely agrarian settlement with loose buildings, as many urban areas were cultivated with vineyards and garden crops and used as orchards or fields. Around 1120, Trier was an open city, as the ruinous ancient city fortifications no longer fulfilled their original function and the new high medieval walling was only just being built. Three hundred years later, the urban appearance has fundamentally changed.Due to a far-reaching petrification of the building style that has occurred in the meantime, the ancient remains have been used as quarries and have disappeared. Furthermore, there has been a significant densification of settlements, also due to the establishment of numerous new ecclesiastical institutions, which has led to a more than doubling of the population to around 10,000 inhabitants. With the help of two late medieval property tax lists, it was possible to determine the exact number of houses for most of the alleys of the settlement structure as well as the social and trade structures that once existed there and to evaluate them for the reconstruction. German description: Der Band versammelt drei von Lukas Clemens und Marzena Kessler konzipierte sowie kommentierte und durch den Luxemburger Kunstler Nic Herber umgesetzte Rekonstruktionen zum mittelalterlichen Trier. Eine Darstellung zeigt den hochmittelalterlichen Turm Jerusalem in der Domimmunitat, dessen ehemaliges Erscheinungsbild auf der Grundlage umfangreicher archaologischer und bauhistorischer Untersuchungen sowie mit Hilfe fruhneuzeitlicher Bildquellen zuverlassig dargestellt werden kann. Erklart wird der Name des Turmes, der mit der Judenverfolgung des Jahres 1096 in Zusammenhang steht, genauso wie seine weitere Geschichte, zu der auch gehort, dass Papst Eugen III., als er im Winter 1147/48 in Trier weilte, Wohnung in dem Gebaude nahm. Die beiden grosseren Darstellungen sind die Umsetzungen von Gesamtansichten Triers um 1120 sowie um 1430. Auch diesen in der Vogelperspektive ausgefuhrten Rekonstruktionen liegen intensive archaologische, bauhistorische und archivalische Recherchen zugrunde. Abgebildet wird in zwei Zeitschnitten die prozesshafte Transformation einer von der antiken Vergangenheit noch lange gepragten Topographie uber die erzbischofliche Kathedralstadt hin zu dem durch die Stadtgemeinde verwalteten urbanen Zentrum. Die erste Ansicht zeigt dabei eine hochmittelalterliche Stadt, die nicht nur von den Ruinen romischer Grossbauten, sondern auch den Resten antiker Wohn- und Gewerbebebauung weiterhin gepragt war. Zudem ist sie als weitgehend agrarische Siedlung mit lockerer Bebauung zu charakterisieren, da viele stadtische Areale mit Rebpflanzungen und Gartenkulturen bewirtschaftet sowie als Streuobstwiesen oder Feldern genutzt wurden. Um 1120 war Trier eine offene Stadt, denn die ruinose antike Stadtbefestigung erfullte ihre ursprungliche Funktion nicht mehr und die neue hochmittelalterliche Ummauerung war gerade erst im Entstehen begriffen. Gut dreihundert Jahre spater hat sich das stadtische Erscheinungsbild grundsatzlich verandert. Durch eine weitreichende mittlerweile eingetretene Versteinerung der Bauweise sind die antiken Uberreste als Steinbruch genutzt und verschwunden. Ferner ist eine deutliche Siedlungsverdichtung, auch durch die Etablierung zahlreicher neuer geistlicher Institutionen eingetreten, wodurch es zu mehr als einer Verdoppelung der Bevolkerung auf rund 10.000 Einwohner gekommen ist. Mit Hilfe zweier spatmittelalterlicher Vermogenssteuerlisten war es moglich, die exakten Hauserzahlen fur die meisten Gassen des Siedlungsgefuges sowie die dort einmal vorhandenen Sozial- und Gewerbestrukturen zu ermitteln und fur die Rekonstruktion auszuwerten.
- Edited by Lukas Clemens
- Edited by Marzena Kessler
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