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This book presents the first English translation of one of the most important twelfth-century narratives. The text describes the difficult task King Louis VI of France faced in bringing order and justice to his violent and militaristic principality and kingdom.
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Louis--VI,--King of France,--1078-1137, France--History--Louis VI, 1108-1137, France--Kings and rulers--Biography.
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1992
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DC88.5.S813 1991eb
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944/.022/092
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Louis--VI,--King of France,--1078-1137, France--History--Louis VI, 1108-1137, France--Kings and rulers--Biography.
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The Deeds of Louis the Fat
Suger
Translated with Introduction and Notes by Richard Cusimano and John Moorhead
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Copyright 1992 The Catholic University of America Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standards for Information SciencePermanence of Paper for Printed Library materials, ANSI Z 39.481984.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Suger, Abbot of Saint Denis, 10811151. [Vita Ludovici Grossi Regis. English] The deeds of Louis the Fat / Suger; translated with introduction and notes by Richard Cusimano and John Moorhead. p. cm. Translation of: Vita Ludovici Grossi Regis. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Louis VI, King of France, 10781137. 2. France HistoryLouis VI, 11081137. 3. FranceKings and rulers Biography. 1. Cusimano, Richard, 1939 . II. Moorhead, John, 1948 III. Title. DC88.5.S813 1991 944'.022'092dc20 [B] 91-25427 ISBN 0-8132-0757-6.ISBN 0-8132-0758-4 (pbk.)
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Contents
Preface
vii
Abbreviations
ix
Chapter Titles in the Text
xii
Introduction
1
The Deeds of Louis the Fat
21
Endnotes
161
Index
215
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Preface
Suger's Deeds of Louis the Fat is a key source for twelfth-century French history, and it was in the conviction that it should be made available to students and other readers who do not wish tackle the author's demanding Latin that we began, unbeknownst to each other, to translate it some years ago. On discovering that we were working independently on the same text we decided to combine forces, and the work here presented is the result of a happy collaboration. The introduction and notes to the text have been written primarily with the needs of students in mind. We have felt exonerated from going into great detail by the recent appearance of some excellent writing in English, in particular the papers read at the symposium held in New York in 1981 to commemorate the nine-hundredth anniversary of Suger's birth.
The notes to the text have been divided: those supplying lengthier commentary and additional sources are the endnotes; those giving parenthetical comments and identifications of important persons and places are footnotes. In addition, we have wished to provide as many references to other primary sources as possible, in particular those which amplify Suger's account; and with the interests of students in mind, we have cited translations, even though we realize that these are not satisfactory in all respects. Finally, we have not attempted consistency in the way we have translated personal namesfor example, Theobald and Matthew are English forms, whereas Garlande is French, and Pagan and Drogo are forms close to the Latin. In selecting the forms, we have sought simply to represent personal names as they are most often seen in English, or in a manner that seemed most natural.
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We wish to thank Gabrielle M. Spiegel, Andrew W. Lewis, and Charles T. Wood, who read the manuscript for the Catholic University of America Press. Their comments and suggestions for change have been a great help to us in the preparation of this work. And without the assistance and support of Mary Kooyman, Doris Theall, Pamela Stroup, and Jeff Rogers, our efforts in completing our task would have been much more difficult.
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Abbreviations
Works By and Editions of Suger
De admin. and De consec.
De administratione and De consecratione; see Panofsky for edition used; the portions of the De admin. not contained in Panofsky are cited from Lecoy.
Lecoy
A. Lecoy de la Marche, ed., Oeuvres compltes de Suger, Paris, 1887
Molinier
Auguste Molinier, ed., Vie de Louis le Gros par Suger, Paris, 1887
Panofsky
Erwin Panofsky, Abbot Suger on the Abbey Church of St. Denis and Its Art Treasures, rev. ed. by Gerda Panofsky-Soergel, Princeton, 1979
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