chapter one
ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

MichaelT.Davis

The Influence of the Carolingians … 7
Ottonian and Norman Architecture … 13
Geometry and Planning … 19
Construction Techniques … 22
Monastic Architecture … 27
Pilgrimage Architecture … 34
A New Vision: Saint-Denis and French Church Architecture in the Twelfth Century … 37
Immediate Impact: Notre-Dame and Chartres … 39
The Gothic in England … 41
The Illuminated Church and the Rayonnant Style … 45
The Architecture of Security and Power … 49
The Architecture of Daily Life … 54

Bernard of Clairvaux … 57
Jean Deschamps … 57
Suger … 58
William of Sens … 58
Henry Yevele … 59

SIDEBARS AND PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
Primary sources are listed in italics
Medieval Architecture Terms … 8
Types of Churches and Religious Structures … 10
On the Liturgy and Reliquaries of the Abbey Church of Saint-Riquier (excerpt from Angilbert's De perfectione concerning rebuilding a church) … 11
Symbolic Architecture: Copying the Church of the Holy Sepulchre … 19
The Church of Santiago de Compostela (excerpt from a guidebook for pilgrims commenting on a cathedral) … 21
The Buildings of the Cloister … 29
A Building Account from the Church of Saint-Bernard, Paris (account of the materials and methods used to construct the church) … 32
The Master Mason William of Sens and the Reconstruction of the Choir of Canterbury Cathedral (excerpt from a narrative describing the reconstruction of Canterbury Cathedral) … 43
Stained Glass … 46
On the Sainte-Chapelle and the Royal Palace in Paris (Jean of Jandun praises two buildings in Paris) … 53