Chapter Four. Architectural Mimesis And Historical Memory At The Abbey Of Mont-Saint-Michel
Katherine Allen Smith
During the reign of Carolingian emperor Louis Pious, an anonymous hagiographer at Neustrian monastery Mont-Saint-Michel set out to write history his communitys foundation, event he placed a little over century earlier, in years 708-09. The architectural mimesis described Revelatio Ecclesiae Sancti Michaelis Monte Tumba continued shape historical memory guardians centuries after narratives composition, as successive generations abbeys monks sought articulate their shrines relationship Gargano through forms, works hagiography, and liturgical performances. They did so, this chapter suggests, because act Mont-Saint-Michels foundation legend offered powerful symbol around which could construct reaffirm own corporate identity. Keywords: mimesis; memory; Mont-Saint-Michel; Gargano;
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