BBC Civilisation.02of13.The.Great Thaw

2. The Great Thaw

Chartres Cathedral
Clark tells of the sudden reawakening of European civilisation in the 12th century. He traces it from its first manifestations in Cluny Abbey to the Basilica of St Denis and finally to its high point, the building of Chartres Cathedral in the early 13th century.

The Triumph of the Church
the Abbeys of Cluny and Moissac
St Bernard of Clairvaux
St Foy
The Abbey of Vézelay
Gislebertus
The Abbey of St Denis
Abbot Suger
Chartres.