. Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance. Fig. 249.—Dedication of the Church belonging to the Monastery of St. Martin-des-Champs, Paris,destroyed by the Normans and rebuilt by King Henry I. The artist has represented—1st,the ancieut Church of St. Samson dedicated to St. Martin; 2nd, the counts and barons whosigned the charter for the re-establishment of the monastery; 3rd, the archbishops and bishopswho were present at the dedication of the new church.—Fac-simile of an Engraving fromDon Meuriers work, Historia Monasterii regalis Sancti Martini (4to,
. Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance. Fig. 249.—Dedication of the Church belonging to the Monastery of St. Martin-des-Champs, Paris,destroyed by the Normans and rebuilt by King Henry I. The artist has represented—1st,the ancieut Church of St. Samson dedicated to St. Martin; 2nd, the counts and barons whosigned the charter for the re-establishment of the monastery; 3rd, the archbishops and bishopswho were present at the dedication of the new church.—Fac-simile of an Engraving fromDon Meuriers work, Historia Monasterii regalis Sancti Martini (4to, Paris, 1636). secret to consult, with many members of the higher clergy, as to the politicalaffairs of Christendom. The two Councils of Rheims and of Mayence (1049), devoted exclusively T T 322 THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS. to disciplinarian reforms, are characteristic of the state of monastic institu-tions at this period, just as the journey of Pope Leo IX. through France and. Fig. 250.—The Small Cloister of the Chartreuse at Pavia, with the cupola of the church in thebackground (close of the Fourteenth Century). Germany indicates the exact condition, the resources, the manners, and thehabits of the religious houses. The illustrious pontiff, when visiting thesehouses, made them splendid presents, promised them important privileges,and instituted minute inquiries into the studies pursued within their walls. THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS. 323 At the Abbey of Gorze, in 1149, he even went so far as to note with his ownhand the nocturn responses in the Office de Saint-Gorgon. At about the same period, William, Abbot of St. Benigne de Dijon,re-established in several dioceses the monastic rules and studies ; Sigebert, amonk in the monastery of Gemblours, came to Metz to teach the HolyScriptures, philosophy, and the dead languages; St. William of Hirsangereformed the cloister discipline in Germany ; St. Robert, Abbot of Moleme,
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