Suger: References & Edit History

Erwin Panofsky (ed. and trans.), Abbot Suger on the Abbey Church of St.-Denis and Its Art Treasures, 2nd ed. by Gerda Panofsky-Soergel (1979), the English translation of Suger’s Latin work describing the building of the church of Saint-Denis with a commentary and biographical introduction; Paula Lieber Gerson (ed.), Abbot Suger and Saint Denis (1986), a collection of historical essays; Sumner McKnight Crosby, The Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis: From Its Beginnings to the Death of Suger, 475–1151 (1987), a comprehensive work on the abbey; Sumner McKnight Crosby et al., The Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis in the Time of Abbot Suger (1122–1151) (1981), a useful brief introduction; and Lindsey Grant, Abbot Suger of St.-Denis: Church and State in Early 12th-Century France (1998).