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Medieval Architecture. By Dominic Churchill. Houses: How big was the average medieval home?. Medieval houses were different than roman houses. Most people lived in villages. The average house was one to two stories high. The houses usually had two rooms.

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  1. Medieval Architecture By Dominic Churchill

  2. Houses: How big was the average medieval home? • Medieval houses were different than roman houses. • Most people lived in villages. • The average house was one to two stories high. • The houses usually had two rooms. • One of the rooms was the main/living room and the other was a kitchen with a stone oven. • Medieval houses usually only had one small window so they would be dark and smoky.

  3. Castles: How long did it take to build a castle? • Landscape was key in the protection of early castles. • Bigger castles took up to twenty years to complete. • Average sized castles took seven to twelve years.

  4. Materials: What materials were used to build shelters? • Most houses had wooden supports. • The supports had spaces consisting of wattle and daub. • The lumber was usually oak. • Wattle consisted of willow or oak branches woven together to make a mesh. • Daub made the wattle waterproof. • Daub was a mixture of horsehair, clay, and the poo of animals near by. • The floors were dirt with reed mats.

  5. Pay: What was the average pay of a medieval architect? • Some architects were vassals. • They were offered protection for their work. • They were also offered land for their work. • They were considered upper-middle class.

  6. Gothic Architecture: What is gothic architecture? • Gothic architecture developed in France. • It spread though out Europe between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries. • It was characterized with vertical piers and counter balancing buttresses. • It developed from the previous architectural style Romanesque.

  7. Styles: What styles of architecture were used to build houses, castles ect.? • Roman architecture 753 BC to 633 AD • Merovingian 400s to 700s France and Germany • Anglo-Saxon 450s to 1066 England and Wales • Byzantine 527 to 1520 Byzantine Empire • Moorish 700s to 1492 Western Europe • Pre-Romanesque 700 to 1000 Western Europe • Carolingian 780s to 800 France and Germany • Ottonian 950s 1050s Germany • Russian 989 to 1700s • Romanesque 1000 to 1300 Europe • Norman 1074 to 1250 • Gothic 1300? • And Many more

  8. Phases: How long did each phase of building styles last? • Each phase of building style lasted about 500 years.

  9. Architects: Who were some famous medieval architects? • Bertolino Bragerio was an Italian architect. • Ulrich Ensinger built Strasbourg Cathedral. • Richard Cementarious built Drum Castle. • Eduardo Paniagua was a Spanish architect.

  10. A picture of Strasbourg cathedral.

  11. A picture of Drum Castle.

  12. Landscape: What type of landscape was easiest to build on? • Landscape was key in the protection of early castles. • Castles were built accordingly to nearby supplies, such as wood if it was by a forest or stone if it was by a rock quarry. • Most castle were built on hill sides.

  13. Churches and cathedrals: How long did it take to build a cathedral? • Cathedrals were home to the bishop’s throne. • Cathedrals are like churches but usually are about two to ten times bigger. • Events that took place in cathedrals were; mass, baptisms, confirmations, weddings, funerals, and the ordainment of priests and other bishops. • Some Cathedrals took up to 80 years to complete building!

  14. Time to review for the quiz! NACHOOO!

  15. You may use your notes Answer each question true or false. 1.)Medieval architects were poor peasants that did not have enough money to support a family. 2.)Cathedrals took 20 years to build. 3.)Castles took 80 years to build. 4.)Ulrich Ensinger built Drum Castle. 5.)Most phases of building style lasted about 200 years. 6.)The average house had two rooms. 7.)The lumber used for building houses was usually eucalyptus. 8.)Architects were paid in trident layers. 9.)Gothic architecture originated from the Romanesque style. 10.)Lower class houses were usually dark and smoky.

  16. answers • 1 false • 2 false • 3 false • 4 false • 5 false • 6 true • 7 false • 8 false • 9 true • 10 true

  17. work cited Houses: http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/architecture/medievalhouses.htm Castles: http://www.medieval-castles.net/castle_architecture/index.html and http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid?=20081109231030AAllOP Materials: http://library.thinkquest.org/10949/fief/medhouse.htm Pay: social studies book Gothic architecture: http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwin?s=gothic%20architectue Styles: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/architectural_style Phases: previous notes Architects: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=special%3asearch&red.... Landscape: http://www.medieval-castles-siege-weapons.com/medieval-times-castles.html Churches and Cathedrals: http://enwikipedia.org/wiki/architecture_of_the_medieval_cathedrals_of_england

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