Conques Across Time
Inventions and Reinventions (9th-21st Centuries)
edited by Ivan Foletti and Adrien Palladino
Hardback (Published)
(March 2025)
ISBN: 9791254699232
Price: $88.00
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This volume reveals Conques as more than a historic siteit is a living testament to the enduring interplay between medieval heritage and contemporary imagination, challenging us to rethink the narratives that define the medieval past in todays world.
Conques, a small town of extraordinary medieval significance, has long captivated scholars and visitors alike. Renowned for its abbey church, an unparalleled collection of goldsmiths treasures, and a rich history of reinventions, Conques offers a unique lens through which to explore the intersections of art and history, both medieval and neo-medieval. In this volume, leading experts chart its transformation from a medieval monastic center to a modern cultural landmark, illuminating both its origins and its reinventions across the centuries. Spanning the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century, the bookthe first comprehensive monograph on the siteexamines the architecture, legendary histories, and strategies of representation that shaped Conques medieval identity, alongside modern interpretations molded by nineteenth-century restorations, twentieth-century century presentations, and Pierre Soulages celebrated engagement with the site. The result is a rigorous yet accessible reassessment of the myths surrounding medieval art and its modern reinterpretations. At its heart, this volume reveals Conques as more than a historic siteit is a living testament to the enduring interplay between medieval heritage and contemporary imagination, challenging us to rethink the narratives that define the medieval past in todays world. This volume is a principal outcome of the four-year research project Conques in the Global World: Transferring Knowledge from Material to Immaterial Heritage (20202024) funded by the European Research Executive Agency through the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action.
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- Introduction Ivan Foletti, Adrien Palladino
- Conques (801-2024): Inventions and Reinventions
- I. Fabricating the Middle Ages Ivan Foletti, Adrien Palladino
- Early Rediscoveries (1800s-1830s)
- Safeguarding: Prosper Merimee in Conques (1838-1860s)
- Reviving Gallia Christiana, Restoring the Church (1870s)
- Jean Taralon and the ""European"" Middle Ages (1950-1960)
- II. Making Conques
- From Conch to Conques: A Shell in the Mountains
- In the Valley: The Geographical Context and Origins of the Abbey Ivan Foletti, Lei Huang, Martin F. Lesak
- Sainte Foy as Sacred Focus Ivan Foletti
- Managing and Ritualizing the Surroundings of the Conques Abbey Martin F. Lesak, Sabina Rosenbergova
- Constructions and Images
- Building the Abbey Church Lei Huang, Eric Sparhubert
- Staging the Sacred: Liturgical Displays and Spatial Devices Lei Huang, Eric Sparhubert
- The Times of the Cross on the Conques Tympanum Vincent Debiais, Cecile Voyer
- Carolingian Presences
- Charlemagne in Conques: Objects and Narratives Philippe Cordez
- Referencing the Past Through Architecture Lei Huang, Eric Sparhubert
- III. Translating Conques
- Conques Beyond Conques
- The Treasury Reconsidered: Renewal and Incorporation Cynthia J. Hahn
- From Emperor's Portrait to Saint's Head Pavla Ticha
- The Present of Stones: Making Reliquaries by Sedimentation Kris N. Racaniello
- Conques, Rome, Jerusalem, and Barbastro: The True Cross and a ""Global"" Treasury Around 1100 Adrian Bremenkamp
- Echoes of Conques: The Monastery's Networks Michele Luigi Vescovi
- Translatio Fides in Wendat Culture: Naming Ancestral Landscapes Kris N. Racaniello
- Re-Imagining Conques
- Post-Medieval Processions and the Majesty of Sainte Foy Martin F. Lesak, Kris N. Racaniello
- Festive Rituals at Conques in the 1870s Martin F. Lesak
- Living Medievalism in the Fete de Sainte Foy Processions Today Kris N. Racaniello
- IV. Modern/Modernist Conques
- Objects in Motion: Exhibition Politics and the Treasury-as-Museum Kris N. Racaniello
- Rouergue roman: Zodiaque's Conques Janet T. Marquardt
- Pierre Soulages at Conques: A Century of Medievalism Philippe Cordez
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Places
- Photographic Credits
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- Edited by Ivan Foletti
- Edited by Adrien Palladino
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