How often were massive medieval cathedrals maintained? Medieval cathedrals were some of the tallest structures around How often were they cleaned, painted and maintained, especially the taller sections of the exterior?
Church Builders: How the medieval churches were constructed Hi everyone I recently published my new 3D animated short documentary about medieval church architecture of Northern Europe, with some examples from Denmark It's essentially about "How to build a church" Many of our early churches were made of wood, later they were made of red bricks
Why is Europes Historical Heritage So Much More Impressive? The Cathedrals of Europe are objectively a more remarkable achievement than any of the Forbidden City, Angkor Wat, The Borobudur Temple Compounds, Attuthaya or Prambana, which all suffer from the same comparative shortcomings - either they are huge compounds of individually unremarkable buildings, or they are huge individual structures that don
Which country in the world has more churches? | History Forum Perhaps the USA? There are so many denominations in their land, and so much free space, that logically they must have the most churches Don't they even have drive-through churches in places like Las Vegas?
Battles That Changed the Balance of Power — Permanently Replacing all the nobility in the country with foreign ones, building castles and cathedrals throughout the British Isles, causing thousands of Saxon nobility and warriors to emigrate to Byzantium That's a serious affect on everyone I doubt most people knew or noticed the Glorious Revolution Click to expand
Pre-modern rest stops | History Forum #1 Convents whether associated with: a cathedrals; abbeys; priories or monasteries were the chief "hotels and motels" They not only received guests both rich and poor, they also sold permanent places to lay people that included: clothing; housing and food for life
Would the Mongols have conquered western Europe? However,during the same time as Europe's cathedrals, many of the most beautiful architectural masterpieces of impressive size were built in Asia Plus at around the same time of the "Cathedrals," the Aztecs built a huge city on water, Tenochtitlan, that is believed to have been the largest city in the world at the time
Bright chapters in history. | History Forum I always hear about how XYZ event was a dark chapter in history, and we must remember the past and assuage its tragedies lest we be doomed to repeat it But are there actually any bright times in history? A time where things were relatively decent, and people were optimistic? Or is history one