Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres

A Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity

Henry Adams

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9780691003351
  9780691039718
• eBook ISBN:
  9780691241975
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: History of Architecture

This first paperback facsimile of the classic 1913 edition includes thirteen photographs and numerous illustrations of the great cathedrals of Northern France. Henry Adams referred to this book as "A Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity," and its expansive scope, together with the author's deep understanding of the period, makes it a classic in art history as well as in American literature. He wrote, "I wanted to show the intensity of the vital energy of a given time, and of course that intensity had to be stated in its two highest terms-religion and art."


Henry Adams' record of his journeys through France, searching for images of unity in an age of conflict, is accompanied by observations on literature, politics, religion, and maior church leaders such as Abelard, St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Thomas Aquinas.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Editor’s Note
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Preface
• Chapter I: Saint Michiel De La Mer Del Peril
• Chapter II: La Chanson De Roland
• Chapter III: The Merveille
• Chapter IV: Normandy and the Île De France
• Chapter V: Towers and Portals
• Chapter VI: The Virgin of Chartres
• Chapter VII: Roses and Apses
• Chapter VII:. The Twelfth-Century Glass
• Chapter IX: The Legendary Windows
• Chapter X: The Court of the Queen of Heaven
• Chapter XI: The Three Queens
• Chapter XII: Nicolette and Marion
• Chapter XIII: Les Miracles De Notre Dame
• Chapter XIV: Abélard
• Chapter XV: The mystics
• Chapter XVI: Saint Thomas Aquinas
• Index