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Bookmark or Share- How many medieval cathedrals are there in Europe?I understand your question, but there wasn't a pure "cathedral style", in the Middle Ages, in Western Europe, after the 1000AD, we got mostly the Romanesque and the Gothic, so yes, all or almost all the Churches in that period were built in those styles, or have features with those styles, even if often a mix of them as new features were added to the original constructions.
- 18th Century British Housing - History ForumThe exception were the Romans, but they had the roads and slaves to source rock deposits, and transport the items, since most Roman cities and towns were built of stone. The Anglo-Saxons and Normans couldn't do this, so they only built the most important sites (palaces, burhs, castles, and churches/cathedrals) in stone.
- What are the best examples for medieval wooden castles?the church investment in stone building , the cities desire to have cathedrals or guilds towers created a whole number of those , traveling the land looking for contracts , At first it was only a stone keep , there is evidence foundations was a problem which had to be solved , eventually , only the most powerful lords and cities could compete
- why have churches entrance from the west | History ForumThe Second Vatican Council itself made no changes, and celebrants are still supposed to face the east, even in the ordinary expression of the Roman rite (according to the instruction of the missal).
- Stone vs Brick - Castles and Cathedrals - History ForumAm I correct in saying most European Castles and Cathederals are made of stone - most likely limestone? Brick seems to have been a perfectly viable alternative. As shown by the brick gothic style found most typically in northern Germany and the Baltic. Brick Gothic - Wikipedia Brick seems...
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