medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: John Briggs <[log in to unmask]>
> On 21/06/2011 16:34, Christopher Crockett wrote:
>> the Legend i heard in a medieval architectural history class a millennium
ago was that one of the reasons for the size of Cluny III (largest building in
the West in the 12th c.) was the yearly convocation of all of the priors of
the
order, which would have been quite a large shindig.
> I think that's an Urban Legend.
Urban II, presumably.
>The size of buildings (then and now) has more to do with the budget avaiable
on the budget avaiable, see:
Georges Duby, “Économie domaniale et économie monétaire: le budget de
l’abbaye de Cluny entre 1080 et 1155,” Annales. Économies, Sociétés,
Civilisations, VII, 1952. pp. 155-171.
http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/ahess_0395-2649_1952_num_7_2_2049
>than the intended purpose.
might there not have been an interaction between the two?
>The "shindig" would have happened in the Chapter House if it was big enough,
wonder how big the C.H. was?
large enough to seat a couple of hundred?
>or in the nave if it wasn't.
yes, i suppose the visiting priors and their entourages might have dropped by
the church, while they were nearby.
c
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