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Chapter 10 - Chartres, 26 May 1944: The Municipal Library

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2024

Robert Bartlett
Robert Bartlett
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University of St Andrews, Scotland
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A detailed analysis of the medieval material in the Municipal Library at Chartres destroyed in the US air raid of 1944. This serves as an introduction to many aspects of the intellectual life of the Middle Ages. Discussion of work on the intellectual world of Chartres and of the birth of American Romantic medievalism.

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Second World WarChartresmedieval manuscriptsThierry of Chartreslibraries
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History in Flames
The Destruction and Survival of Medieval Manuscripts
 , pp. 155 - 178
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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