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i2 4 FRANCE BURGUNDY [CH. xxnfar and wide wherever the Cluniac order extended itself.At the end of the I2th century architecture ceased to bein the hands of the clergy and passed into those of laymenin France, as it had done long before in Italy, but tillThe then the Cloister was the centre of all progress in thethe'refogec^ arts anc^ in the spread of knowledge. Hallam, whileof the artsconc[em ning superstition and other evils that attached to1the monastic system, says "we can, hardly regret inForeignreflecting on the desolating violence which prevailed thatthere should have been some green spots in the wildernesswhere the feeble and the persecuted could find refuge.How must this right have enhanced the veneration forreligious institutions! How gladlyinternal warfare have turned their eyesmust the victims offrom the baronialcastle, the dread and scourge of the neighbourhood, tothose venerable walls within which not even the clamourof arms could be heard to disturb the chant of holy men"and the sacred service of the altar ! The regular clergyconducted schools in which were taught letters, philosophy,theology, such science as the age possessed, and the arts.From this centre masters of the various crafts issuedforth to carry them into other places. In 1009, beforethe greatchurch of Cluny was built, Abbot Hugh theVenerable sent out a disciple Jean de Farfa with instructionsand a specificationfor the buildings of the monasteryin his native place."The church was to be 140 feetlong with 1 60 windows, glazed ; to have two towers atthe entrance, forming a parvise for the laity ; the dormitorywas to be 140 feet long, 34 high2, with 92 glazed windowseach over 6 feet high by 2\ wide ;the refectory was tobe 90 feet long and 23 high, the almonry 60 feet long,1Middle Ages, chap, IX. part I.2This must have included in the height a ground storey below.