The Centre de documentation historique in Conques shelters an important amount of volumes related to the Middle Age civilization and medieval art, in Christian Europe, as well as related to the pilgrimage to Compostela.
This library open to all (historians, students, tourists or simple persons alike) shelters also, besides the archival documents, manuscripts, prints and photographs, the general printed editions related to the site of Conques, general books or specialized articles.
The following bibliography is proof of the intense historical research works being conducted for two centuries, in relation to this major site of France during the Middle Age.
A simplified classification using keywords was chosen in order to reach the references, directly from this site. By this mean, the rich history of this monastic borough, can be viewed, a borough built around an important Benedictine abbey-church which shelters the relics of Saint Foy since the 9th century.
From these glorious times, an incomparable artistic heritage remains, shown in part by manuscripts of first importance: the abbey-church, a true masterpiece of Romanesque art from the 11th and 12th centuries, well known for its architecture and its sculpture (tympanum of the Last Judgment and capitals), magnified by the stained-glass windows by Pierre Soulages magnifient. A gathering and worship place par excellence for the Middle Age pilgrims, the buildings still shelter religious furniture of high quality. The Treasure of goldsmith'art, formerly set in the choir, gathers an exceptional ensemble of gilded, silver plated and gems decorated reliquaries, with as a masterpiece the reliquary-statue of Saint Foy in Majesty.
Pierre Lançon
Anne Romiguière
