# How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries

Author: O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle, 1874-; Leslie, Paul de [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: History - European

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41687

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=How+France+Built+Her+Cathedrals%3A+A+Study+in+the+Twelfth+and+Thirteenth+Centuries+O%27Reilly&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

About the year 1000 a new spirit animated the art of the builder in France. That rebirth, to which has been given the name Romanesque, held sway for a hundred and fifty years, and had reached its apogee when, in mid-XII century, it was superseded by the architecture we call Gothic. Gothic architecture did not spring up like a mushroom. Like all manifestations of art, it was the logical fulfillment of its predecessor. Romanesque and Gothic were phases of the same art. The dethronement of Romanesque was a voluntary abdication in favor of younger, more efficient leadership: "What is called the birth of Gothic is but the coming of age of Romanesque."

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-france-built-her-cathedrals-a-study-in-the-twelfth-and-thir-1682cdcf/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-france-built-her-cathedrals-a-study-in-the-twelfth-and-thir-1682cdcf/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-france-built-her-cathedrals-a-study-in-the-twelfth-and-thir-1682cdcf/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-france-built-her-cathedrals-a-study-in-the-twelfth-and-thir-1682cdcf/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-france-built-her-cathedrals-a-study-in-the-twelfth-and-thir-1682cdcf/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-france-built-her-cathedrals-a-study-in-the-twelfth-and-thir-1682cdcf/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-france-built-her-cathedrals-a-study-in-the-twelfth-and-thir-1682cdcf/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-france-built-her-cathedrals-a-study-in-the-twelfth-and-thir-1682cdcf/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-france-built-her-cathedrals-a-study-in-the-twelfth-and-thir-1682cdcf/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/how-france-built-her-cathedrals-a-study-in-the-twelfth-and-thir-1682cdcf/chapters/1/index.md)