MEDIeVAL CHRISTIAN Architecture
ABSTRACT 
This lecture focuses on the medieval monastery and the transition to Gothic Architecture, the first impacted by St. Benedict (c. 480–547), the second by Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis (1081 –1151). The lecture studies the different elements of the cathedral and the changing concept of both Christ and the Virgin Mary.

KEY PEOPLE
•	Saint Benedict (c.480 – 547)
•	Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis (1081 – 1151)
•	Villard de Honnecourt (12th century)

KEY CONCEPTS
•	Gregorian Chant
•	St. Benedict’s Rule 
•	Abbot 
•	Plan of St. Gall (9th century)
•	Refectory
•	Ex cathedra
•	Tympanum
•	A choir (chancel)
•	Pilgrimage
•	Flying Buttress
•	Rose Window
•	Chevet
•	Reliquary
•	Compound Pier
•	Cistercian Order 

KEY PLACES
•	Church of St. Michael, Hildesheim, Germany, 1010 
•	St. Denis, near Paris (rebuilt 1140 – 1160)
•	Clairvaux Abbey (founded 1115)
•	Chartres Cathedral (founded c. 1200)
•	The Cathedral of Our Lady of Amiens (1220)
•	Saint-Chapelle (1241 – 1248)