The Gothic enterprise : a guide to understanding the medieval cathedral /
The great Gothic cathedrals of Europe are among the most astonishing achievements of Western culture. Evoking feelings of awe and humility, they make us want to understand what inspired the people who had the audacity to build them. This engrossing book surveys an era that has fired the historical i...
| Main Author: | Scott, Robert A., 1935- |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2011.
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Gothic enterprise. |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : a personal journey
- Part I.A grand undertaking :
- 1. What is the Gothic enterprise?
- 2. How were the cathedrals built?
- Part II. History :
- 3. Kings, feudal lords, and great monasteries
- 4. The age of cathedral-building
- 5. The initial vision
- 6. "The cathedral crusade"
- Part III. The Gothic look :
- 7. What is the Gothic look?
- 8. An image of heaven
- 9. A pragmatic view of cathedral-building
- Part IV. The religious experience :
- 10. Sacred force and sacred space
- 11. Imagining the cathedral
- 12. Honoring the dead
- Part V. The Gothic community :
- 13. Medieval living conditions
- 14. The spiritual brokers
- priests and monarchs
- 15. Cathedrals and community
- Conclusion : learning from Stonehenge.