Die Sakralarchitektur Hispaniens im „Reich von Toledo“, aus der Sicht der aktuellen Forschung

This inevitably basic contribution tries first of all to provide an overview of Hispano-Christian religious architecture, such as it appeared after a long development, in the eyes of the contemporaries of Isidore’s time. A distinction is made between urban and suburban churches on the one hand, and temples of the rural domain on the other. In addition, as the decades around 600 stand for a twofold occurrence - firstly, they serve for drawing a balance of what has been achieved, and secondly they give rise to new constructive ideals -, a comment is made on the important innovations of the 7th century, especially the structures made of ashlarblocks, which today are extant or prevail as examples of of the architecture of the kingdom of Toledo. Such a perception is presumably partial since it is almost exclusively based on the monumental examples of the rural environment while we know practically nothing about the public urban architecture of the 7th century.