The essays published in this volume cover many aspects of the history of Cluny from its foundation until the end of the twelfth century. Four of them are publis

"Founded in 910 by Duke William of Aquitaine, the abbey of Cluny rose to prominence in the eleventh century as the most influential and opulent center for monas

"The rhinoceros, that is, any powerful man, is bound with a thong so that he may crush the clods of the valleys, that is, the oppressors of the humble."—Odo o

The articles in this volume deal with the history of the abbey of Cluny, both its relations with the outside world and its internal organisation and spiritualit

An unconventional parlor maid upends the lives of an aristocratic family in prewar England Cluny Brown refuses to know her place in society. Last week, she took