Monastic Masterpieces: Abbeys & Churches of Burgundy

• Explore Guédelon, where a team of master craftsmen have been building an authentic recreation of a medieval castle using only the techniques and materials of the Middle Ages

• Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Vézelay, an enduring masterpiece of Burgundian Romanesque architecture

• Spend a day in Dijon, exploring the Cathedral of St Bénigne, Archaeological Museum and Palais des Ducs

Tour Director

Tour Director Meg Bernstein, PhD, is an art historian specialising in medieval European art and architecture, with a particular focus on the parish church as a space shaped by community, devotion and design. She earned her PhD in Art History from UCLA, following earlier degrees from Smith College, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Yale University. Her research explores how buildings and artworks were experienced in their original contexts, engaging with sculpture, ritual, materiality, and the social life of parish churches between 1150 and 1300. Meg has co-organised major conferences and edited an open-access volume on the art history of the parish church, while also publishing widely on sculpture, wall painting and digital humanities.

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