Abbot Suger of St-Denis: Church and State in Early Twelfth-Century France (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780582051508)

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.

Author: Lindy Grant, David Bates
ISBN-10: 0582051509
ISBN-13: 9780582051508
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 05/14/1998
Pages: 358
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.50w x 0.86d