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To show the glory of God, and that man was reaching towards God with the building of cathedrals. They were the focus of the community and where people gathered all week to pray, conduct business, stroll, and gossip. Squares were often built in and around (they are still there) the cathedrals so markets would fill the squares and celebrate holidays .
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∙ 13y agoThere is still a fair amount of mystery clinging to the Gothic, but the basic principle of it was to build a huge structure that managed to convey the feeling of majesty and great height - to lift the mind and heart to God. It succeeds brilliantly. The great Gothic cathedrals of Europe are also a tribute to those who decided to build them and who did the work - as they knew (when starting out) that they would never see the fulfillment of it. The average time to build a cathedral from start to finish was about 250 years.
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∙ 6y agoYes.
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The Gothic cathedrals were built primarily during the?
The Middle Ages. 5th Century to 16th Century.
What do you call churches built in the middle ages?
Cathedrals
What name do you give churches built in the middle ages?
cathedrals
What powerful expressions of faith were built in Europe in the Middle Ages?
The cathedrals
Who built cathedrals in the middle ages?
Master builders where the ones the guilder the masons as to how the catherdral was to be built
What style did A great many churches in the US patterned themselves after Middle Ages cathedrals in this 1800's style?
Gothic
What do you call the very large churches built during the middle ages?
Cathedral.
What was one of the main contributes of the middle ages of Christianity?
Cathedrals were built as testimonies to god's power on Earth.
What was one of the main contributions of the middle ages to Christianity?
Cathedrals were built as testimonies to god's power on Earth.
Which statement best describes the late Middle Ages' fervent devotion to the Virgin Mary?
D) Helped inspire the construction of many Gothic cathedrals.
How did 'Gothic revival get its name?
In western Europe the churches and some other public buildings built during the Middle Ages had a distinctive style that was at first called 'gothic' (barbarian) out of contempt by comparison with the standard romanesque style that had prevailed for several centuries. After further developments in architectural style, such a Greek revival (putting up buildings that looked like the Parthenon), churches of the 19th century were built in a 'gothic revival' style which not not genuine but copied the external appearance of the medieval gothic cathedrals. The US has a lot of gothic revival churches and cathedrals.
Where were the Middle ages cathedrals built?
The use of cathedrals was the same in the Middle Ages as it is today, as the church associated with the central administration of a diocese. The diocese is a set of churches grouped according to geographical area. The religious head of a diocese is a bishop, whose church is the cathedral. It is called a cathedral because the bishop's throne is there; the Latin word "cathedra" means seat. The presence of a cathedral was the thing that distinguished a city from a town, for much of the Middle Ages.
