4.17 The Medieval Church (1000CE)

• dealt with millineumists
• beleived the end of the world
• God didn't take em because they weren't ready
  

Ramanesque - refers to the shape of the arch and considered modern

Abbey church of Vezelay (dedicated to St. Lazereth)

• Church of Sant- Marie- Madeleine (dedicated to Mary Magdelon)
  

Gothic - in reference to barberic


Cathedral

• Notre Dame de Chartres

Relic/Reliquary - sacred object
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• see the development of the Virgin Mary
• there was no such thing as a finished cathedral, built on a "have money" basis
• a complete Gothic Cathedral is supposed to have 7 spires
• 7 is a ritually significant number
• carefully arranged geometrically