Abbot Suger of St-Denis: Church and State in Early Twelfth-Century France

By Lindy Grant and David Bates

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138154687
• ISBN13: 9781138154681
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"