ART HIS 21 Lecture 9: Week 9
Document Summary
Wealth of the town will give rise to the church, they were the center of daily life and trade fairs. French gothic: saint denis and the beginnings of french gothic. Saint denis was the rst bishop of paris. Ori amme = battle standard of the kings of france, and linked to st. denis because according to legend, its color form the blood of the recently beheaded st. Linked to the french monarchy, battle standard. Historical context of st. denis (suger: suger was an abbot and principle counselor. Had close relations to louis xi, the monarchy. The abbey greatly bene ted from it, it obtained fame and strengthened the monarchy: suger systematically rearranged the economy of the abbey. Held fairs (lendit = trade fair, extremely busy and brought too many people) that allowed him to expand the church, in terms of nancial backing.
