Medieval Europe

Cluny

A movement for reform of the Church began at the monastery of Cluny, in France. The order was well-disciplined and centrally organized - the abbot of Cluny ruled all the other houses and met regularly with the other abbots.

A second center grew up around the abbey of Gorze, in Lotharingia; other centers included St. Dunstan in England and a number of cities in northern Italy. From these sources came the churchmen who would become popes and their secretaries, who would lead the Roman Church to power and greatness.

History of Western Civilization

E.L. Skip Knox
Boise State University

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