Beginning in the environs of Paris at the beginning of the Twelfth Century, an amazing revolution in architecture took hold in which enormous cathedrals were constructed which to this day capture our attention and admiration. It was a revolution begun in France, but which quickly spread to Germany and England. In this unit we will study the aspirations and motivations of the constructors. Between Christine de Pizan's City of Ladies and William Shakespeare's The Tempest , the cultural landscape dominated by Christian cathedrals was altered dramatically, not least by struggles among Christians over the very nature of Christianity itself. Christine de Pizan, The City of Ladies, Bk.
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