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Romanesque
Roman-like
Pilgrimage
A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes
relic
holy objects
Head reliquary of St. Alexander
a relic of St. Alexander, where his skull is held

St. Sernin, Toulouse, France
Romanesque Architecture
Rise of pilgrimages led to changes in the church's design
Pilgrimage churches have radiating chapels (which contains relics) and stone barrel vaults

Monastaries
Communities of monks
Who was St. Bernard?
He was
a monk and abbot of a monastery
a theologian
thought that art in monasteries was distracting
Abbot
Head of a monastery
Who's Abbess Hildegard of Bingen?
She was
a nun at the age of 15
has religious visions
wrote scientific treatises & made music
Tympanum
Half-round panel between the lintel and arch over the doorway of the church
Jamb figure
figures that were attached to columns on either side of the doorway
Gislebertus, Last Judgment (tympanum of Autun church)
Shows huge figure, God (or Jesus), in the middle of the tympanum w/ a mandola
On the left is the weighing of souls, the right shows the blessed, good people
Bottom of the tympanum shows how the judgment will affect the dead as well, people rising up from the dead
Scary devils are there to remind the viewers to be ready for judgment day

Mandola
full body halo
Pentecost & Missions of the Apostles (tympanum of Vezelay Church)
Jesus is again in the middle w/ his disciples on his sides holding codexes (books)
Rays emanating from Jesus's hands bless the books, sending off the apostles on their mission to convert the world
Surrounding of the tympanum, shows the others (non Christians) who look like freaks (animal heads, big ears)
Very important when it comes to the Crusades

Crusades
A series of holy wars undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule
Crusades were launched where?
Vezelay, France
Who was Sulten Saladin?
He was a muslim leader in the 3rd crusades
Took back Jerusalem
Yet he did so w/ mercy to his enemies as he let most of them go (paying fines if they can)
Shows tolerance to Christianity