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Abbot Suger of St-Denis (The Medieval World)

By David Bates , Lindy Grant

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1998
ISBN
0582051509, 9780582051508
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1019 kB (1043551 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
358\0
Time added
2024-01-13 18:17:54

Description

Based on a fresh reading of primary sources, Lindy Grant's comprehensive biography of Abbot Suger (1081-1151) provides a reassessment of a key figure of the twelfth century. Active in secular and religious affairs alike - Suger was Regent of France and also abbot of one of the most important abbeys in Europe during the time of the Gregorian reforms. But he is primarily remembered as a great artistic patron whose commissions included buildings in the new Gothic style. Lindy Grant reviews him in all these roles - and offers a corrective to the current tendency to exaggerate his role as architect of both French royal power and the new gothic form.

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