Call for Paper
Cistercians and Gothic Architecture: Qualifying and Questioning the Role
of the Cistercians as 'Missionaries of the Gothic'

Session on Cistercians and Gothic Architecture
http://aabp.info.yorku.ca/session-on-the-cistercians-and-gothic-architecture/

Cistercians and Canons Regular in Medieval Brittany, Normandy, England
and Wales
Ancient Abbeys of Brittany Project Colloquium
May 1-2, 2014
York University, Toronto, Canada &
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada


Several scholars have both championed and challenged the viewpoint that
the Cistercian Order is largely responsible for the transmission of the
Gothic style throughout Northern England, Scotland, Scandinavia and
other regions beyond the mother house in Cîteaux. It has been argued
that the Cistercians are to be credited for introducing the Gothic style
into England, while alternatively it has been argued that their role has
been over-emphasized, and that Roger de Pont L'Évêque's work at York
Minster should be credited with bringing Gothic Architecture to England.

This session welcomes papers that revisit this debate in order to
determine what, if any, role the Cistercians played in transmitting,
developing and transforming the Gothic architectural style as Cistercian
monastic houses were built in the mid-late 12th century.

Papers may consider art and architectural developments in the Gothic
style that either relate to or refute the Cistercian Order's role in
disseminating the Gothic style.

If you would like to present a paper for this session please send a
title and a short abstract to Candice Bogdanski (bogdanskyorku.ca) as
soon as possible and no later than Friday October 18, 2013.

We particularly welcome papers from graduate students on this topic.