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Saint-Denis, une ville au Moyen Âge

Saint-Denis, une ville au Moyen Âge

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- The town and the abbey
- - Before Saint-Denis
  - A single tomb dating from the early Neolithic
  - A hoard of quern-stones
  - A rural establishment from the late La Tène
- - The site from its origins
  - Early history
    
    The basilica and structures from Late Antiquity
    
    The tomb of Saint Denis
    
    A pillar from the chancel
    
    A grave from the exterior necropolis
    
    The antefixes
    
    Long-distance trade
  - The necropolis, city of the dead
    
    The Merovingian basilica and its architectural settings (7^th century)
    
    A Merovingian acanthus-leaf capital
    
    Plaster sarcophagi
    
    The grave of a young knight
- - From the royal abbey to the castellum
  - The royal abbey
    
    The Carolingian basilica at the center of the monastic town (9^th century)
    
    A description of the basilica un 799
    
    A column from the Carolingian basilica
    
    The aqueduc
    
    A coin die proofing plate
  - The Castellum
    
    The pre-Romanesque basilica and the reshaping of its monumental environment (11^th century)
    
    The forticifation of the Castellum
    
    A Carolingian chest
- - The medieval town
  - Birth of the monastic borough
    
    The monumental complex in the Romesque period (12^th century)
    
    The Romanesque cloister
    
    Secular housing
    
    Grain pits
  - Saint-Denis prospers
    
    The monumental complex in the Gothic period
    
    The Gothic transept rose windows
    
    Flat roof tiles
    
    The cellars
    
    Page from the account book of the Saint-Denis commandery for the year 1290-1291
- - The town within its walls
  - The town in trouble times
    
    The monumental complex in Early Modern Times (late 16^th century)
    
    The Saint-Marcel church
    
    The Valois mausoleum
    
    The funerary monument of a middle-class couple
  - The « very Christian » town
    
    The architectural ensemble in the 18^th century
    
    The Carmelite convent
    
    The Ebinger printed fabric workshop
- - From the industrial town to the town of today
  - The industrial town
    
    The forts of Saint-Denis
    
    The Rue Franciade primary scool
    
    The Meissonnier dye plant
  - The town today and its permutations
    
    The gasometers
    
    The Colonel-Fabien housing project
- Crafts and daily life
- - Crafts in the first millennium
  - A fourth-century pin-maker's workshop
  - A Merovingian belt buckle workshop
  - A Carolingian shoemaker
  - Window maintenance in the year 1000
- - The medieval town and its crafts
  - A furrier's workshop from the 12^th century
  - A 14^th century workshop of a silversmith-enameller
  - Pottery production
  - Stonecutters, sculptors and masons
- - The modern town and its crafts
  - Bead-making workshops
- - The Croult and river-based trades
  - The Croult
  - The mills and river-based trades
- - Saint-Denis's markets and fairs
  - The Saint Denis fair
  - The Lendit fair
  - The Place Panetière and the covered markets
  - Standard measurements in Saint-Denis
- - From the market to the table
  - How to make hypocras
  - Green pie
- Archaeology, territory and citizenship
- - Archaeology and urban policy
  - The Pierre de Montreuil garden, an archaeological reserve
  - Archaeological interventions within the town's limits
  - Place Jean-Jaurès, archaeology and urban project
  - The Saint-Denis Archaeological Unit
- - Archaeology and heritage conservation and management
  - Archaeological Conservation Treatment and Information Service (UTICA)
  - Master’s Program in Conservation-Restauration of Cultural Object
- - Archaeology and citizenship
  - The educational program
  - Archaeology at the Art and History Museum
  - Open house at the dig
  - Reading the town
- - Archaeology and research
  - Material culture and reference collections
  - The Historical Atlas of Saint-Denis
- Ressources
- Media Library
- Learning
- Site map
- Glossary
- Acknowledgment

Saint-Denis, une ville au Moyen Âge

Autour de la basilique consacrée à saint Denis et choisie comme lieu de sépulture par plusieurs générations de rois de France, toute une cité médiévale se révèle, au fur et à mesure des fouilles conduites par l'Unité d'archéologie de la ville de Saint-Denis (UASD).

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The town and the abbey

Before Saint-Denis
The site from its origins
From the royal abbey to the <i>castellum</i>
The medieval town
The town within its walls
From the industrial town to the town of today

Men and women

Saint Denis
Queen Arnegunde
Hunus the monk
Abbot Suger
Pierre, Eudes and Raoul de Montreuil
A pilgrim
A baker
A traveller: Arnold Van Buchel, 1585
An artist : Ponce Jacquio

Crafts and daily life

Crafts in the first millennium
The medieval town and its crafts
The modern town and its crafts
The Croult and river-based trades
Saint-Denis's markets and fairs
From the market to the table

Archaeology, territory and citizenship

Archaeology and urban policy
Archaeology and heritage conservation and management
Archaeology and citizenship
Archaeology and research

Ressources

Media Library
Learning
Site map
Glossary
Acknowledgment

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