Massive stone churches from the Middle Ages, with stained windows, were called catherdrals.
They are typically found in old English churches x
Religion played a huge role in life in the Middle Ages, and they were beautiful and honored God. Also stained glass windows usually showed scenes from Bible stories etc.This was important as most people couldnt read but could understand the pictographic representations of the Bible stories & passages.
Renaissance means rebirth and ended the Middle Ages. After a 1000 years man produced art, massive churches, and began to think in humanist ways.
It is documented that stained glass windows have been used in Christian Churches since the fourth century. They reached their peak in the Middle Ages, when they were used to illustrate a biblical narrative as a means of teaching and meditation means for illiterate faithful
Stained glass was incorporated in much of the architecture of churches during the Middle Ages, when they would depict well-known Bible stories. It became a trademark, in a sense, so much so that when someone sees stained glass, they would most likely think immediately of a church.
Gothic cathedrals implemented stained glass programs into their architecture very early on. These art pieces helped to symbolize their meaning.
Much of the most beautiful stained glass work that has ever been done was done for the windows of European cathedrals between 1100-1600 AD.
Stained glass windows was originally used in the medieval times as a "biblia pauperum" Which meant "poor man's bible" they were used in the time when people couldn't read or write, so stained glassed windows were used as a substitute for bibles and hymnals since each and every one of the windows tell a story people could understand and open their eyes to what the picture in the stained glass window meant. They could incorporate narratives drawn from the bible, literature or history, they may also represent saints or patrons or even use symbolic mofits
stained glass was first developed?
Middle East Council of Churches was created in 1974.
They had glass in ancient times, and continued to make it in the Middle Ages. In fact, there was a glass makers guild in Italy that may have predated the Middle Ages. They used glass to make stained glass windows in churches. They also invented spectacles during the Middle Ages, and there are medieval pictures of people using them for reading.
It was communicated in a number of ways. Foremost among these was the idea of missionary priests, which basically meant priests would go throughout the countryside spreading the message of Christianity. Because during the middle ages, many peasants couldn't read or write, most churches were built with stained-glass windows depicting stories of the Bible, so that the people would have a sense of what the story was about.