Suger - Wikipedia
Suger (French: [syʒɛʁ]; Latin: Sugerius; c. 1081 – 13 January 1151) was a French abbot and statesman. He was a key advisor to King Louis VI and his son Louis VII, acting as the latter's …
Suger | French Abbot, Medieval Statesman, Architect | Britannica
Suger (born 1081, near Paris—died Jan. 13, 1151) was a French abbot and adviser to kings Louis VI and VII whose supervision of the rebuilding of the abbey church of Saint-Denis was …
Abbot Suger (circa 1081 - 1151) | Saint-Denis, une ville au
Autour de la basilique consacrée à saint Denis et choisie comme lieu de sépulture par plusieurs générations de rois de France, toute une cité médiévale se révèle, au fur et à mesure des …
Abbot Suger - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Suger of Saint-Denis on a medieval window. Abbot Suger (c. 1081 – January 13, 1151) was one of the last French abbot-statesmen. He was also a historian and the first patron of Gothic …
Abbot Suger - Hanover College
His status as abbot made him one of the most powerful men in France. He was actively engaged in French political life and virtually ran the kingdom while King Louis VII was away on crusade. …
Abbot Suger And Saint Denis 1986 - Archive.org
Apr 13, 2020 · Suger, abbot of the French abbey of Saint-Denis, lived from 1081 to 1151. This book of essays about his life and achievements grew out of a symposium sponsored by the …
A Medieval Mess: Abbot Suger and French Feudalism in the 12th …
One such scholar who dominated this field was Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis. During his lifetime (c.1081 to c.1151) he witnessed the reigns of three successive Frankish kings; he rose to …
Abbot Suger: Life of King Louis the Fat - Fordham University
Jan 26, 1996 · Men came to the Lord Louis to beg him with the utmost supplication and with offers of great and rewarding service, to betake himself to Berry, to the borders of the Limousin, to …
Birth of the Gothic: Abbot Suger and the ambulatory at St. Denis
Dr. Harris: [0:09] Thanks to Suger, who was the abbot in the first half of the 12th century. This church is incredibly important, because it’s the burial place of the royal families. Suger himself …
Selected Works of Abbot Suger of Saint Denis on JSTOR
Suger is famous today mainly as the skilled renovator and architect of his spectacular abbey church, still standing, not far from a Metro stop, in Paris.