Reims

31 07, 2017

Inside Reims cathedral – Nave and Transept

By |2017-07-31T09:49:52-07:00July 31st, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|Comments Off on Inside Reims cathedral – Nave and Transept

Elevation of the nave inside Reims cathedral One difference between Chartres cathedral and Reims cathedral was that at Reims they didn't build a deep gallery over the aisle. Instead, they just put [...]

31 07, 2017

Reims cathedral – medieval France

By |2017-07-31T09:44:21-07:00July 31st, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|Comments Off on Reims cathedral – medieval France

Reims cathedral (begun 1211 AD) Reims was already an important Christian church in 496 AD, just after the fall of Rome, when the first Christian king of France, Clovis, was baptized there (the remains of the baptismal [...]

30 07, 2017

Gothic Cathedral – Middle Ages – History of architecture

By |2019-03-06T07:12:15-08:00July 30th, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|2 Comments

Gothic cathedral: Nave of Rouen cathedral (1200s AD) Northern France gets rich enough to build cathedrals In the late 1100s and early 1200s AD, the kings of France, Philip and his son Louis, [...]

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