Medieval Cathedrals

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Medieval Cathedrals

• By Dante Gomez

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Purpose of Cathedral

• Q What are three purposes of a Cathedral?
• Christenings
• Weddings
• Funerals
• Coronation
• Many services a day
• People thought that coronations got them to
  heaven
• Built to impress people
• Often tore down other buildings to make room
• Bishop lived in Cathedral
• Got funds to pay for Cathedral

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What are Cathedrals made of

• Q What are Cathedrals made of?
• 30-100 years to build a Cathedral
• Used Greek cross
• Architects and peasants spent entire adult life
  building one
• Used oak
• Stone
• Stained glass was often used
• Wood was ordered from Scandinavia
• Was sent down a river
• Wood pieces were up to 60 ft long

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Who made Cathedrals

• Q Who made Cathedrals?
• Quarryman
• Stone cutter
• Sculptor
• Mortar maker
• Mason
• Carpenter
• Blacksmith
• Roofer
• Glass maker

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Who lived in Cathedral

• Q Who lives in Cathedral?
• Bishops
• Bishops family
• Monasteries were in Cathedral
• Monks
• Had kitchens
• Popes were head of Cathedral
• Bishops were in charge of services
• Monks provided spiritual help and cleaned
  Cathedral
• Had work rooms and gardens

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How to build Cathedral

• Q What tools were used in making of Cathedrals?
• Sledge Hammer and Auger
• Saw and Hammer
• Pickaxe and axe
• chisel
• Took decades
• Money Size of Cathedrals
• 300 people worked at a time
• Old cathedrals were foundations for new ones
• Stones were marked
• Foundations built up to 25 ft. underground

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When and where they built

• Q When and where were cathedrals built?
• Bricks not used
• A.D. 1000-1600
• Bishops paid most for Cathedral
• Spain
• England
• France
• Germany
• A.D. 1100 Gothic Architecture was used
• All over Europe

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What Cathedral is biggest

• Q What Cathedral is biggest?
• Started being built in A.D. 1248
• Cologne Cathedral
• Largest Cathedral
• In Germany
• Many people visit everyday
• 11 church bells
• Largest bell is 24 tons
• Largest tower is 157m

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Cathedral Architecture

• Q What is the most popular type of Cathedral?
• Gothic is most popular
• Roman catholic architecture
• Notre Dame architecture
• Charters architecture
• Gothic used arches
• Gothic Gargoyles
• Gothic stained glass windows
• First Gothic architecture was in A.D. 1140 in
  France

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Most noticeable Cathedrals

• Q What is one noticeable Cathedral?
• Lincoln
• Winchester
• Durham
• Ely
• Canterbury
• Wells
• Salisbury
• Salisbury is the tallest medieval building
• 500,000 people visit Salisbury every year
• Ely has a 200 ton lantern tower

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People and their Cathedral

• Q What reasons did people fund the Cathedrals?
• Many services a day
• Medieval attended church because it got them to
  heaven
• People funded Cathedrals because it lifted their
  sins
• People were christened
• People got married
• Held funerals
• People were even buried at the Cathedral
• Children could be educated by monks
• Harvest festivals were hosted at Cathedrals

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Work Cited

• "Cathedrals." N.p., 6 May. Web. 19 May 2010.
  lthttp//www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sundama/katr
  ina/.htmgt.
• Jordan, William C. "Cathedrals." Middle Ages.
  1996. 161-62. Print.
• Maculay, David. "Cathedals." Boston Houghton
  Mifflin, n.d. Print.
• Historyforkids.org. N.p., 9 May. Web. 19 May
  2010. lthttp//www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieva
  l/architecture/cathedral.htmgt.

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QUIZ

• TRUE OR FALSE
• 1. MY NAME IS DANTE GOMEZ
• 2. MEDIEVAL PEOPLE THOUGHT CORONATIONS GOT THEM
  TO HEAVEN

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QUIZ

• 3. TOOK 200 YEARS TO BUILD CATHEDRAL
• 4. A GLASS MAKER WAS NEEDED TO BUILD A CATHEDRAL
• 5. MONKS DID NOT LIVE IN THE CATHEDRAL

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QUIZ

• 6. 400 PEOPLE WORKED ON CATHEDRAL AT A TIME
• 7. CATHEDRALS WERE BUILT around A.D. 1000
• 8. LARGEST CATHEDRAL IS IN CHINA

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QUIZ

• 9. MOST POPULAR ARCHITECTURE WAS NOTRE DAME
• 10. THE SALISBURY CATHEDRAL RECIEVES MORE THAN
  ONE MILLION VISITORS

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ANSWERS

• 1.TRUE
• 2.TRUE
• 3.FALSE
• 4.TRUE
• 5.FALSE
• 6.FALSE
• 7.TRUE
• 8.FALSE
• 9.FALSE
• 10.FALSE