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Author Marquardt, Janet, 1953-

Title From martyr to monument : the Abbey of Cluny as cultural patrimony / by Janet T. Marquardt
Published Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 286 pages) : illustrations
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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-281) and index
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Subject Conant, Kenneth John, 1894-1984
SUBJECT Conant, Kenneth John, 1894-1984 fast
Subject Cluny (Benedictine abbey) -- History
SUBJECT Cluny (Benedictine abbey) fast
Cluny / Kloster. swd
Subject Monasticism and religious orders -- France -- Cluny -- History
Excavations (Archaeology) -- 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
SUBJECT Cluny (France) -- Church history
Subject France -- Cluny
Genre/Form Church history
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008360644
ISBN 1282193023
9781282193024
9781443809474
1443809470
9786612193026
6612193026