| Abbot Suger of St-Denis: Church and State in Early Twelfth-Century France Contributor(s): Grant, Lindy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0582051509 ISBN-13: 9780582051508 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $68.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Europe - France - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 97031323 |
| Series: Medieval World |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.5" W x 8.52" (0.99 lbs) 358 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - French - Religious Orientation - Catholic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |