The town and
commune of 'Cluny' or 'Clugny' lies in the modern-day ''
département'' of
Saône-et-Loire in the ''
région'' of
Bourgogne, in east-central
France, near
Mâcon. Population (1999): 4,376.
The town grew up around the
Benedictine Cluny Abbey, founded by
William I of Aquitaine in A.D. 909. The monastery became the grandest, most prestigious and best endowed monastic institution in Europe. The height of Cluniac influence was from the second half of the 10th century through the early 12th.
The Cluny library was one of the most important in France and Europe during the Middle Ages. The abbey was sacked by the
Huguenots in 1562 and many of the valuable manuscripts were destroyed or removed.
See also
★
Clunian Reforms
★
Name of the Rose
External links
★
Official website (in French)
★
Adrian Fletcher’s Paradoxplace – Cluny Page – Photos
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