November. Marching to the rescue at the end of the year, the Swiss won their third
victory in ten months on January 5, 1477, a battle in which Charles met his death.
John Bell Henneman, Jr.
Vaughan, Richard. Charles the Bold: The Last Valois Duke of Burgundy. New York: Barnes and
Noble, 1974.
CHARLIEU
. The Cluniac priory of Saint-Fortunat at Charlieu (Loire) is known for its Romanesque
church with sculptural decoration. The church, which replaced a 10th-century structure,
was begun ca. 1030, dedicated in 1094, and received a narthex ca. 1135–40. Although it
survives in fragmentary form, the church had a tunnel-vaulted nave with clerestory,
transept, and central apse with added apsidiole. The inner portal sculpture represents the
Ascen
Charlieu (Loire), Notre-Dame, north
portal, Christ in Majesty. Photograph
courtesy of Joan A.Holladay.
sion with Christ in a mandorla supported by two angels and Apostles in an arcade on the
lintel. The narthex with a room above has a lateral entrance whose sculptured tympanum
depicts the Apocalyptic Christ in a patterned Late Romanesque style.
Karen Gould
Sunderland, Elizabeth. Charlieu à l’époque médiévale. Charlieu: Société pour la Connaissance de
Charlieu, 1971.
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