Gothic Cathedrals 12001300

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Gothic Cathedrals 1200-1300

• Role of Cathedral
• Microcosm of Medieval World
• Virgin Mary View of Women

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Medieval Pilgrimage Routes
Rise of Trade Growth of Towns and Cities
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manor
CITY
monastery
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The Cathedral of Notre Dame, Chartres
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Sancta Chamisia 876
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Pagan Sacred Spring Statue of Madonna by St.
Luke 734 Church Dedicated to Virgin 876 Sacra
Chamisia 11th Century New Basilica Early 12th
Century Fire Late 12th Century (1194) Fire 1194
1220 New Cathedral
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I. Role of the Cathedral
Economy
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4 Annual Fairs
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Town Meetings
Mystery, Miracle Morality Plays
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Education
Health Care
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Spiritual Sacraments, Salvation
Catechism in Glass Stone
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To adore images is one thing to teach with
their help what should be adored is another.
What Scripture is to the educated, images are to
the ignorant . . . They read in them what they
cannot in books.
- Pope Gregory the Great (11th
Century)
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GODSpiritual Realm (Faith Divine Revelation)
Cathedral
MAN Earthly World (Reason)
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. . . transported from this inferior to that
higher world . . .
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dwelling . . . in some strange region of the
universe which neither exists entirely in the
slime of the earth nor entirely in the purity of
Heaven . . .
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delight in the beauty of the house of God . . .
away from external cares

- Abbot Suger c. 1144
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II. Microcosm of Medieval World in Stained Glass
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II. Microcosm of Medieval World in Stained Glass
Old Testament
King David
Noahs Ark
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New Testament
Last Supper
Annunciation
Nativity
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Demons, Saints, Martyrs
Murder of Thomas à Beckett
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Heroes from History
Charlemage
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Contemporary Medieval Society
Queen Blanche of Castille
Royalty
Nobility
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Merchants
Tradespeople
Spice Traders
Cloth Merchants
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Craftsmen Guilds
Butchers
Cobblers
Wheelwrights
Masons Sculptors
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Pope
King
Peasants Serfs
Knights
Church
Nobility
Commoner
Middle ClassMerchantsCraftsmen
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Labors of the Month Signs of the Zodiac
Wine Growers Guild
Count Thibault VI of Champagne
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Signs of the ZodiacLabors of the Month
7 Liberal Arts
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III. Cult of the Virgin Mary The
Medieval View of Women
Rose Window
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Eve, St. Lazar, Autun, c. 1130
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Morgan Madonna, Auvergne, c. 1175
Mary, Throne of Wisdom
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Virgin of Paris, Notre-Dame, Paris, c. 1325
Morgan Madonna, Auvergne, c. 1175
Mary, Mother of God
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Cathedral of Notre Dame, Chartres, 1194 1220
North Porch
Coronationof the Virgin
Mary, Queen of Heaven
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St. Lazare, Autun c. 1130
Mary, the Intercessor
Notre-Dame, Paris, c.1250
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Temptation of Adam Eve, Notre-Dame, Paris, c.
1250
Virgin of Paris, Notre-Dame, Paris, c. 1325