CHAPTER V

THE MOTHER ABBEY

Cluny and Citeaux--Cluny still the Abbey--The Birth of Cluny--Duke William's Anathema--Odon--Legend of the Crumbs--Legend of the Boar--Growth of Cluny--Birth of Hugues--St. Odilon--Hildebrand--Glory of Cluny--The Monk's Vision--The new Abbey--Consecration--Gifts--Description of New Cluny--The Narthex--The Interior--Conventual Buildings--Ambulatorium Angelorum--The Rule of Cluny--Monkish life at Cluny--Pierre Damien--Death of St. Hugues--Luxury and Decadence 59