Medieval Architecture, Its Origins and Development, Vol. 2: With Lists of Monuments and Bibliographies; Normandy and the Ile De France (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Medieval Architecture, Its Origins and Development, Vol. 2: With Lists of Monuments and Bibliographies; Normandy and the Ile De France

Refinements Historical Conditions of the Welfth Century La Renaissance Francaise Learning Classic Revival Heresies Economic Revolution Robber Barons curbed Politics Civilization Cities Summary The Communes The Cathedral not a Work of the People Evidence of the Building itself Popu~ lar Religious Enthusiasm in the Twelfth Century Letter of Haymo The Cult of Carts N 0 Popular Enthusiasm for Architecture Letter of Hugh Suger Cart Cult of Little Practical Service to Architecture A Norman Institution Account of Robert du Mont Summary People and Clergy Rise of the Communes Le Mans Cambrai St. Quentin Beauvais Noyon Mantes Laon Amiens Hostility of Clergy Reims Sens Policy of the King Friction between Bourgeois and Clergy Religion of the People Cure of Souls The Cathedral a Monument of Ecclesiastical Power The Medieval Church The Power of Rome The Age of Faith Wealth of the Church The House of God Ecclesiastical Conditions Reform of the Welfth Century The Cistercians Cistercian Churches Clairvaux supplants Cluny Decline of Monastic Architecture Car thusian Order Other Orders Mendicant Orders Dominicans and F rancis cans The Militant Orders The Hospitalers The Templars Chapels of the Templars Canons Regular Rule of St. Augustine Collegiate Churches Reform of the Chapters Reform of the Episcopacy - The French Church 0. 1200 Summary Territorial Expansion of Gothic Architecture The Master Builders Probably not Monks in the Twelfth Century Evidence The Chroniclers Silent The Medieval Dlonk Jean of Le i\ians Significance of this Incident Lay Builders at St. Remi The Masonic Guild Master Builders of the Thirteenth Century Their Role Drawings Personal Supervision Master Builder and Client - The Master Builder a Workman Evolution of the Modern Architect Extent of Activity of Master Builders The Masons Free dom of Design.

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