From Martyr to Monument : The Abbey of Cluny as Cultural Patrimony
ISBN: 9781443809474
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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Subjects: Religion;

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 past was gaining popularity. Although the government was unable to halt most of the demolition work, one transept arm with a large and small tower was saved from ruin, along with a few small Gothic buildings and the eighteenth-century cloiste...


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