Resumen de Tradition and innovation: Archbishop Chrodegang (742-66) and the thirteenth-century family of churches at Metz
An examination of the 13th-century family of churches in Metz, France. To aid an understanding of the large-scale and apparently centrally controlled redevelopment of the family of churches that began with the rebuilding of the Metz Cathedral around 1243, the writer discusses Metz's prominent diocesan history, its pronounced sense of tradition, and the nature of the quarry that was used for the redevelopment. He examines the establishment of Gothic architecture in Metz and the influence the early medieval history of the bishopric, especially Archbishop Chrodegang, had on the 13th-century architectural redevelopment of the family of churches. He describes the type of church established in Metz in the first millennium, details the reconstruction of the abbey church of Saint-Vincent from 1245 to circa 1254, and considers the extension of the use of standardized building elements to architecture in Metz.
