🎧 The World’s Greatest Cathedrals
🎧 Gone Medieval
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The emergence of the Gothic style in twelfth-century France - with its pointed arches, flying buttresses and stained glass windows - triggered an explosion of cathedral-building across western Europe. But behind every great cathedral lay human stories of competition, triumph and tragedy.
In today’s episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis talks to Dr. Emma Wells, whose new book Heaven on Earth: The Lives and Legacies of the World’s Greatest Cathedrals reveals how 1000 years of cathedral-building shaped our world, influencing art, culture and society.
The Senior Producer on this episode was Elena Guthrie. It was edited and produced by Rob Weinberg.
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