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Title: Abbayes cisterciennes en France et en Europe. English
Cistercian Abbeys : history and architecture / photography by Henri Gaud ; text by Jean-Fran�cois Leroux-Dhuys.
Author: Gaud, Henri. author.
Leroux-Dhuys, Jean-Francois.
Crook, John, 1946-
General Notes: "Translators of the English-language edition, Elizabeth Clegg, Caroline Higgitt, Marie-Noelle Ryan. Editor ... John Crook"--Preliminary page., "Translators of the English-language edition, Elizabeth Clegg, Caroline Higgitt, Marie-Noelle Ryan. Editor ... John Crook"--Preliminary page.

Publisher: Konemann,
Publication Place: Koln :
ISBN: 3895088943
9783895088940
Subject: Abbeys -- France.
Cistercian architecture -- France.
Architecture, Romanesque -- France.
Architecture, Gothic -- France.
Abbeys -- Europe.
Cistercian architecture -- Europe.
Architecture, Romanesque -- Europe.
Architecture, Gothic -- Europe.
Abbayes -- Europe.
Monasteres cisterciens.
Architecture cistercienne.
Abbeys.
Architecture, Gothic.
France.
Contents: Nine centuries ago -- Origins and foundation -- The origins of Christianity -- Christianity in the late eleventh century -- From Molesme to Citreaux -- Purity and power -- Bernard of Clairveaux -- Monastic architecture according to Bernard of Clairvaux -- Romanesque architecture on teh early Cistercian period -- The power and the glory -- Cistercian Europe -- Political and religious glory -- Economic power -- The essence of architecture -- Centuries of trial -- The trials of the later middle ages -- The breaking up of the order -- Swansong -- Yesterday, today, and tomorrow -- The Cicstercian world in Europe.

Physical Description: 399 pages : color illustrations, maps ;

Publication Date: 1998.

	Agency:	Collection:	Call No.:	Item Type:	Status:	Barcode:	Media Type:
	Yarmouk	General	NA5543 .G3813 1998	Normal Circulation	Available	YU577449	Book