From martyr to monument : the Abbey of Cluny as cultural patrimony /

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After the French Revolution and the dissolution of the monastic orders, the great Abbey of Cluny in France was closed and the buildings were sold for materials. This process went on for nearly thirty years, just as a romantic appreciation of the medieval.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marquardt, Janet, 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007.
Subjects:
Conant, Kenneth John, > 1894-1984.
Conant, Kenneth John, > 1894-1984
Cluny (Benedictine abbey) > History.
Cluny (Benedictine abbey)
Cluny / Kloster.
Monasticism and religious orders > France > Cluny > History.
Excavations (Archaeology) > France > Cluny.
Monachisme et ordres religieux > France > Cluny > Histoire.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > France > Cluny.
Religious buildings.
History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400.
Christian communities & monasticism.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Religious.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Monasticism and religious orders
Cluny (France) > Church history.
France > Cluny
Church history
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Background : an ending and a beginning
  • Cluny in the nineteenth century I (1800-1848)
  • Cluny in the nineteenth century II (1848-1900)
  • Anticipating the resurrection (1900-1928)
  • American intervention : Kenneth Conant's vision I
  • The "resurrection" of Cluny : Kenneth Conant's vision II
  • Conclusions : from martyr to monument.

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