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Background Information. 1. A “Cathedra” which is Greek for Chair is the seat of authority for a bishop. 2. Bishop in Greek means overseer or supervisor . 3. Thus, a cathedral is church where a bishop presides.
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Background Information • 1. A “Cathedra” which is Greek forChair is the seat of authority for a bishop. • 2. Bishop in Greek means overseeror supervisor. • 3. Thus, a cathedral is church where abishop presides. • 4. All the churches in the area for which the bishop is responsible is called a diocese. • 5. A cathedral church can be any size or style but is often a large city church. • 6. Cathedrals became the focus of city life. Often they were built to house relicswhich were bits of bone, wood etc. which were said to have belonged to a saint. • 7. Cathedral building began in Saint Denis France around 1150 A.D. • 8. Until the 12th century most buildings followed an architectural style that originated in Rome called Romanesque. • 9. A new style soon started in Northern Europe that had pointedrather than rounded arches. • 10. This new style seemed barbaric to the Italians so they called it Gothicafter the barbarian tribe.
Romanesque v. Gothic Architecture Canterbury Cathedral
Background Information • 11. A cathedral could require 100 years to complete. • 12. Many skilled craftsmen spent their entire lives working on just one of these churches. Some even trained their sons to be able to continue the work of their fathers on the same building. • 13. Buttresses, tall windows and floor plans laid out in the shape of a cross are characteristic of the Gothic style. • 14. The tallest cathedral tower is located in Ulm, Germany. • 15. The largest cathedral is in Cologne and took 600 years to complete. • 16. NotreDame in Paris and Westminster in London are good examples of Gothic architecture. • 17. Building of cathedrals was incredibly expensive. It was a big task for the church to raise the money. In some cases, the church promised people that giving their money would earn them favor with God. • 18. The people bought slips of paper called indulgences that they thought were tickets to help them get into heaven. • 19. The most famous instance of this false promise was during the building of one of the world’s most amazing cathedrals, St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome.
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