Abbot Suger of St-Denis
Church and State in Early Twelfth-Century France
Nonfiction, History, Medieval, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, General Christianity
| Author: | Lindy Grant, David Bates | ISBN: | 9781317899686 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | February 4, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lindy Grant, David Bates |
| ISBN: | 9781317899686 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | February 4, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
