附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-277) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction : a personal journey -- I. Grand undertaking -- What is the Gothic enterprise? ; How were the cathedrals built? -- II. History -- Kings, feudal lords, and great monasteries ; Age of cathedral-building ; Initial vision ; Cathedral crusade -- III. Gothic look -- What is the Gothic look? ; Image of heaven ; Pragmatic view of cathedral-building -- IV. Religious experience -- Sacred force and sacred space ; Imagining the cathedral ; Honoring the dead -- V. Gothic community -- Medieval living conditions ; Spiritual brokers--priests and monarchs ; Cathedrals and community -- Conclusion : Learning from Stonehenge.
摘要:The great Gothic cathedrals of Europe are among the most astonishing achievements of Western culture. Evoking feelings of awe and humility, they make us want to understand what inspired the people who had the audacity to build them. This engrossing book surveys an era that has fired the historical imagination for centuries.
