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Mont Saint Michel and Chartres is a record not of a literal jouney but of a meditative journey across time and space into the medieval imagination. Using the architecture, sculpture, and stained glass of the two locales as a starting point, Adams breathes life into what others might see merely as monuments of a past civilization. With daring and inventive conceits, Adams looks at the ordinary people, places, and events in the context of the social conventions and systems of thought and belief of the thirteenth century turning the study of history into a kind of theater.

As Raymond Carney discusses in his introduction, Adams' freeedom from the European traditions of study lends an exuberance—and puckish wit—to his writings.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout hist

Table of Contents
Mont Saint Michel and ChartresAcknowledgments
Introduction by Raymond Carney
A Brief Chronology of Adams' Life
A Note on the Text
Mont Saint Michel and Chartres
Notes
Glossary of Architectural Terms
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index

Mont Saint Michel And Chartres Classics

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 3 June 1986
      ISBN-13 9780140390544
      978-0140390544
      ISBN-10 0140390545
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      Architecture: religious buildings Social and cultural history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Mont Saint Michel and Chartres is a record not of a literal jouney but of a meditative journey across time and space into the medieval imagination. Using the architecture, sculpture, and stained glass of the two locales as a starting point, Adams breathes life into what others might see merely as monuments of a past civilization. With daring and inventive conceits, Adams looks at the ordinary people, places, and events in the context of the social conventions and systems of thought and belief of the thirteenth century turning the study of history into a kind of theater.

      As Raymond Carney discusses in his introduction, Adams' freeedom from the European traditions of study lends an exuberance—and puckish wit—to his writings.

      For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout hist

      Table of Contents
      Mont Saint Michel and ChartresAcknowledgments
      Introduction by Raymond Carney
      A Brief Chronology of Adams' Life
      A Note on the Text
      Mont Saint Michel and Chartres
      Notes
      Glossary of Architectural Terms
      Suggestions for Further Reading
      Index

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