The Deeds of Louis the Fat
Publication Year: 2012
Published by: The Catholic University of America Press

Preface
Suger's Deeds of Louis the Fat is a key source for twelfth-century French history; and it was in the conviction that it should be made available to students and other readers who do not wish tackle the author's demanding Latin that we began, unbeknownst to each other, to translate it some years ago. ...

Introduction
Suger, abbot of St. Denis, has won a lasting place in European history as the man responsible for the rebuilding of the great abbey church of St. Denis, a reconstruction crucial in the transition from Romanesque to Gothic architecture.1 But at the very time that work was proceeding on the great abbey ...
E-ISBN-13: 9780813220949
E-ISBN-10: 0813220947
Print-ISBN-13: 9780813207582
Print-ISBN-10: 0813207584
Page Count: 241
Publication Year: 2012
OCLC Number: 47009821
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